How Technology is Changing Surgery at Dartmouth-Hitchcock: Amanda’s Story, Part 1

13-year-old Amanda suffers from a rare form of dwarfism in which the skeletal bones don’t form correctly. Concerned about pressure on her spinal cord and the risk of paralysis, Dartmouth-Hitchcock surgeons team-up for a spinal fusion procedure in the new Center for Surgical Innovation (CSI), a state-of-the-art, real-time, multimodal imaging facility designed to solve difficult surgical problems.

Dartmouth-Hitchcock is a national leader in patient-centered health care and building a sustainable health system. Founded in 1893, the system includes New Hampshire's only Level 1 trauma center and its only air ambulance service, as well as the Norris Cotton Cancer Center, one of only 40 National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the nation, and the Children's Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock, the state's only Children's Hospital Association-approved, comprehensive, full-service children's hospital. As an academic medical center, Dartmouth-Hitchcock provides access to nearly 1,000 primary care doctors and specialists in almost every area of medicine, as well as world-class research at the Audrey and Theodor Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth.