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Aortic Stenosis Balloon Valvuloplasty

What is Critical Aortic Stenosis? In the normal fetal heart, blood flows from the heart through the aortic valve to the rest of the body. The term ‘aortic stenosis’ means narrowing of the aortic valve. Critical means the narrowing is severe. This limits blood flow to the body.

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Perfusion

Use of the heart-lung machine in cardiac surgery is called cardiopulmonary bypass. Cardiopulmonary bypass provides patients with cardiac and pulmonary support, while bypassing the heart and lungs.

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Speech Treatment

The majority of children born with cleft palate will need speech-language therapy at some point in their life. A speech-language pathologist provides speech-language therapy, which may be in the medical setting, school setting, private clinic, or home-based intervention program.

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Craniofacial Orthodontics

Facial differences caused by a genetic condition can impact a child’s physical, social and emotional development. The Nationwide Children’s Orthodontic Treatment Program offers a compassionate approach to comprehensive care, provided by experts who understand the dental development of

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Cleft Lip Surgery

The goal of cleft lip surgery is to restore normal appearance and function to the upper lip. Cleft lip surgery is usually recommended at three to four months of life.

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Cleft Palate Surgery

Cleft palate surgery is typically performed on infants that are between 6 and 18 months of age. Since the primary goal of repairing the palate is to avoid any abnormal speech development, the surgery is scheduled before the child develops much speech.

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Camp HALO

Hand | Arm | Leg | Other Date: Saturday, July 27, 2024 Time: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Location: Recreation Unlimited, 7700 Piper Rd., Ashley, OH 43303 This is a free event! Join us for a fun and educational day at Recreation Unlimited planned especially for children with limb differences and their

Improving Family Health Through Legal Representation

Some families who visit Nationwide Children’s Hospital face domestic violence, possible evictions or other legal situations that could have a huge effect on child health. The hospital’s free legal service, Lawyers for Kids, helped many of those families in 2021.

Coordinating Child Abuse Prevention

An expanding partnership between the Ohio Children’s Trust Fund and The Center for Family Safety and Healing at Nationwide Children’s Hospital will allow coordination of abuse prevention efforts and resilience-building resources across 36 Ohio counties.