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This stretchy implant could help kids avoid repeated open-heart surgeries

The elastic ring would ‘grow’ with a child’s heart

child in hospital bed

SURGERY SAVER  A new kind of stretchy medical implant could limit the number of times pediatric patients have to go under the knife.

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By Maria Temming

- More than 2 years ago

A new stretchy prosthetic could reduce the number of surgeries that children with leaking heart valves must undergo.