Surgeries Archive
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January 15, 2015
‘Growing rods’ help ease surgical burden of scoliosis treatment
Physicians with Vanderbilt’s Division of Pediatric Orthopaedics have started to employ a new, advanced technology that uses magnetically controlled growing rods to correct scoliosis in young children, reducing the need for frequent surgeries and anesthesia in these patients. -
December 11, 2014
Terhune to direct General Surgery residency program
The General Surgery residency program at Vanderbilt School of Medicine is getting a new program director, but it won’t be a new face. -
October 15, 2014
Brain surgery through the cheek
Vanderbilt engineers have developed a surgical robot designed to perform brain surgery by entering through the cheek instead of the skull. -
February 10, 2014
Keeping the beat after heart surgery
Variation in the gene for the beta-1 adrenergic receptor increases the risk that a patient will have an abnormal heart rhythm after cardiac surgery. -
April 11, 2013
Patient undergoes surgical first to treat his arrhythmia
The state of Michael Stanbery’s health was shocking. -
January 24, 2013
Petracek named interim chair of Cardiac Surgery
Michael Petracek, M.D., has been named interim chair of Vanderbilt’s Department of Cardiac Surgery. -
August 23, 2012
Bogota stint gives oral surgery resident glimpse of global need
While Benjamin Foley, D.D.S., was on a two-week surgical rotation in Bogota, Colombia, the impact of limited access to health care was as clear as the fused jaw of a 6-year-old child.