Surgery Patient Stories
August 11, 2012
Varicose Vein Treatment Gives Educator Extra Pep
When many people think of varicose veins, images of enlarged and bulging vessels visible through the skin come to mind. While that is often a telltale sign of the condition, varicose veins can sometimes exist deeper beneath the skin’s surface. “I didn’t have the typical symptoms,” said Lorraine Frazier, Ph.D., R.N., former dean of the…
Surgery Helps Teen ‘Blossom’ after Wreck
For two years, 18-year-old Paige Collins of Harrison thought her fate was to live with a tilted neck following a 2012 car accident — until she came to UAMS. A tilted neck wasn’t her only injury. She endured a broken neck, fractured femur and tibia, internal bruising, and a T6 fracture. But after undergoing surgery…
October 10, 2010
Double-Knee Replacements Amaze Patient
Sue Cromer of Fort Smith knew it was time for knee replacements when she could no longer baby-sit her two youngest grandchildren at her daughters home. “My daughter has a two-story house, and I couldn’t do the stairs,” said Sue, 64, a retired choir teacher. “I couldn’t walk without pain; if I did anything strenuous…
November 23, 2009
Man Injured in Motocross Accident Thanks Doctors Who Saved Him
A routine motocross hurdle he safely navigated hundreds of times is at the root of the biggest hurdle Brent Adams has ever had to climb.
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