Category Archives: Orthopedics

An Arm-lifting Success Story

December 29th, 2012 - 8:00 am

Harper Blommers could not touch her head because of an injury suffered at birth. After surgery at Mayo, she is now happily dancing like her sister. Continue reading →

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Goals achieved: Beat cancer, walk again

December 9th, 2012 - 8:00 pm

A rare cancer cost Bob Anderson his hip and leg. Willpower and rehabilitation specialists at Mayo Clinic helped him keep his active lifestyle. Continue reading →

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Two Hip Replacements and One Happy Patient

October 23rd, 2012 - 9:13 am

My name is Samantha Blythe, and the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota is a five-star medical facility in my book. Out of all the specialty clinics and hospitals that I’ve been to in my childhood and adult years, none of them … Continue reading →

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Injured At Birth

August 8th, 2012 - 9:39 am

Most parents don’t like to see their child up in arms, but for Taylor Beauseau’s parents, that’s a beautiful thing Continue reading →

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Wrist Surgery – sharing experience to help others

June 18th, 2012 - 9:41 am

Many years ago, I injured my right wrist while working for a previous employer.  At the time, I was told that I had a small cartilage tear.  I wore a splint for a couple of months, and I had a … Continue reading →

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Thumbs-Up After Successful Thumb Reattachment

March 15th, 2012 - 11:40 am

Anistasia Smith and her mother, Bridgette Grunewald, give a big thumbs-up to Brian Carlsen, M.D., and the team at Mayo Clinic who cared for the then 4-year-old in February 2011. Anistasia’s left thumb had been severed in a recliner chair. … Continue reading →

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Nurse finds out what being “hip” is all about

March 12th, 2012 - 1:16 pm

My story begins in 1998. At the age of 32 I was diagnosed with bilateral hip dysplasia. Because I was a breech baby at birth the doctors at home had told me that this was probably the reason why I … Continue reading →

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Mysterious Symptoms and then…Diagnosis: Still’s Disease

February 17th, 2012 - 3:24 pm

For many months, Bethany Pautsch’s symptoms were a mystery to the doctors she was seeing in Chicago. When she was told she would need a hip replacement without knowing the cause of the symptoms and deterioration of her joints, she … Continue reading →

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Custom surgery creates normal hips for 30-year-old

October 27th, 2011 - 12:05 pm

This spring, Brooke Hayes traveled to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, taking in the music of Jimmy Buffett, Arcade Fire, The Strokes, Lauryn Hill and Better Than Ezra. The trip was remarkable for this previously well-traveled young woman … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic Patient from over 70 Years Ago

October 24th, 2011 - 8:00 am

Mary Lorraine became a Mayo Clinic patient more than 70 years ago. Listen to her childhood story of coming to Mayo and the opportunity she had to meet both the wife and daughter of renowned Dr. Henry Plummer. She said, … Continue reading →

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