Surgery Patient Stories

Patient stories about Surgery

August 11, 2012

Surgery Helps Teen ‘Blossom’ after Wreck

Kelly Gardner

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

Kelly Gardner

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

Nate Hinkel

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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