Orthopedics Clinics - Pediatric

Provides assessment, intervention, education and follow-up for children who require surgical or medical (non-surgical) management of conditions of the musculoskeletal system (bones, joints, muscles, tendons).

Reasons for referral include:

• general orthopedic care (fractures and acute infections or injuries)
• leg-length discrepancies (either congenital or acquired)
• hip instability (congenital dislocated hip (CHD)
• Legge-Perthes disease); tumors of the bones or muscles
• scoliosis and other spinal disorders
• foot deformities (club feet, flat feet)
• musculoskeletal problems associated with Spina Bifida, Cerebral Palsy or other neuromuscular diseases.