More articles about: Orthopaedic Surgery

New scholarship funds in the U-M Medical School and U-M Marsal Family School of Education will support students who face financial barriers.

Dale Dedrick, Paralympian and retired U-M surgeon, creates a fund to support Michigan Visiting Nurses in gratitude for the care that reclaimed her life and equestrian dreams.

Landen Silveus and Donovan Sheedy met while being treated for osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer that affects adolescents. They supported each other through chemotherapy and surgery.

A lawnmower accident left Dawson Yacks without a thumb and two fingers. Using his second toe, a University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital surgeon was able to make him a new one.

Discover how a rare disease brought patient advocate Michaela Davert and University of Michigan Health orthopedic surgeon Michelle Caird together in a 16-year partnership rooted in trust, resilience and advocacy for osteogenesis imperfecta. 

Partnership approved between University of Michigan Health-West and Orthopaedic Associates of Michigan (OAM) to develop a new state-of-the-art ambulatory surgery center

Evan Sanders had a dirtbike accident which left him with fractures across the left side of his body. During his hospital stay, service dog Barney helped Evan with his rehabilitation goals, including a visit to the Survival Flight helicopter.

A teenager shares her journey with spinal muscular atrophy and how she’s successfully headed off to college now.

First metatarsophalangeal arthrodesis procedures are a common surgical intervention used to treat pain associated at the first metatarsophalangeal joint associated with degenerative changes. Michigan researchers reviewed standing research on how long it took for patients to return to physical activities after first metatarsophalangeal arthrodesis to find an average time frame that could be given to patients for how long it takes.

A musician receives live donor cartilage that changes her life.

Achilles tendon ruptures are normally treated with surgical procedures, but there are other options with equal outcomes.

A Michigan Medicine expert calls for comprehensive scoliosis awareness and care.

Opioid painkillers prescribed by surgeons have gone down in recent years but the decline has slowed since the pandemic

Experts examine why women are more likely to tear ACLs in certain sports as injuries plague the Women's World Cup.

A pediatric cancer patient received new 3D metallic ribs from Spain to help treat and manage her disease.