Groundbreaking procedure at U-M hospital saves baby's life
Kaiba Gionfriddo is a healthy toddler, thanks to a groundbreaking procedure at the University of Michigan's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital. Doctors there used 3-D technology to create a bio-absorbable scaffold to hold Kaiba's bronchus open until it grows strong enough to stay open on its own. The first-ever procedure — featured in Wednesday's New England Journal of Medicine — was pioneered by Dr.
