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Research and Breakthroughs

Helping Hands: 3D Printing Program Creates Free Prosthetics for Patients, Materials to Support Surgeons, and More

December 26, 2024
The 3D Printing Program in the Las Madrinas Simulation Center at CHLA produces free prosthetic hands for patients and anatomical models for presurgical planning.
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Research and Breakthroughs

How Much Do Sports Help Children With Hand and Arm Differences?

July 30, 2024
A CHLA study is investigating rock climbing as a way to measure the impact of sports on children with hand and arm differences.
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Our Patients

Who Will Jordan Be?

June 26, 2024
Jordan was diagnosed with Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome as a baby. A multidisciplinary team of experts at CHLA is helping him overcome every obstacle.
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Our Patients

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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Hitting All The Right Notes

September 12, 2023
Born with amniotic band syndrome, Melody is missing some of her fingers and toes. That hasn’t stopped her from embracing her uniqueness and shining in the spotlight.
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With a Limb Difference, Forrest Is Perfect in His Own Way

October 26, 2022
Comprehensive care provided by orthopedic experts at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles—combined with a spunky personality and can-do attitude—allow this 6-year-old to look beyond his condition and
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Our Patients

After a Broken Arm, Parker Is Back In the Swing of Things

February 16, 2022
The 5-year-old's family credits a team of fracture experts at Children's Hospital Los Angeles for helping their daughter recover from a playground accident.
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Our Patients

Unstoppable Mila Doesn’t Let a Limb Difference Get in the Way

October 25, 2021
Born with an upper limb difference—and a healthy dose of self-confidence— 4-year-old Mila shows she can do anything she puts her mind to.
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Our Patients

Who Are You Calling Disabled?

October 1, 2019
In an indoor rock-climbing class for patients with hand differences, a wall is just part of what they’re learning to surmount.
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Our Patients

Born Bruised

April 4, 2019
Therapy is a bummer, Maurice could tell you. It’s his first teachable moment, and at 8 months old he’s receiving it on his stomach, a buffet of toys laid out before him an arm’s length away. If only a
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