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A Story of Cancer, Rotationplasty—and Friendship

January 3, 2025
At age 9, Wallie and Noah were facing osteosarcoma—and a surgery that would change their lives forever. There was only one way to get through it: together.
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Fracture Risk Is Low After Femoral Osteotomy in Children With Cerebral Palsy

October 19, 2023
Study finds that only 1 in 50 children with cerebral palsy experience a periprosthetic fracture after a femoral osteotomy.
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A Pioneering Transplant Turns Ruben’s Heart Around (Literally)

February 22, 2019
The new heart was on its way down from the helipad. At the same time, Cynthia Herrington, MD, was carefully removing Ruben’s old heart from his chest. It was a heart she had seen before—she had
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From Cancer Patient to Cancer Nurse: Kate Lopez Gives Back to the Hospital That Cured Her

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Kate, a 4 West nurse and cancer survivor herself, finds big and small ways to “go the whole nine yards” for her patients every day.
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Mia Gets a Second Chance After Liver Transplant

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Diagnosed with liver disease at 2 months of age, Mia and her family turned to CHLA’s world-class pediatric Liver Transplant Program to save her life.
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Lifesaving Brain Surgery Rescues Buddy From a Rare Encephalitis

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Rasmussen’s encephalitis imperiled Buddy’s life. Doctors performed a hemispherectomy, disarming his epileptic seizures by separating the two sides of his brain.
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Linked by Their Hand Differences, Ramon and Ethan Forged an Improbable Friendship

April 17, 2024
Limb Difference Awareness Month shines on two CHLA patients, born years apart with similar hand disorders, who connected through the hospital’s CATCH Program.
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Teen Receives Historic Heart-Liver Transplant

June 29, 2021
After a rare heart disorder triggered severe liver problems, Mark needed a lifesaving dual organ transplant. Read how 11 hospital teams carried out the intricate procedure, a first at Children’s
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Nathan Joung’s Bright Future

November 25, 2024
Born with frontonasal dysplasia, the college freshman credits Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and its Junior Ambassadors program with giving him confidence and helping to shape his life.
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