Pediatric Orthopaedic Conditions

Pediatric Orthopaedics covers a wide range of orthopaedics conditions, disorders, and injuries from newborn to 18 years of age, including, but not limited to:

• Sprains, strain, dislocations and fractures (from infancy to 18 yeas of age)

BIRTH DISORDERS:

• Brachial plexus birth palsy
• Congenital limb defects
• Pigmented villonodular synovitis

BONE DISORDERS:

• Aneurysmal bone cyst
• Bowlegs
• Growth plate fracture
• Legg -Calve-Perthes disease
• Nursemaid's elbow
• Osgood-Schlatter disease
• Osteochondritis dissecans
• Osteogenesis imperfecta
• Osteochondroma (exostosis)
• Simple bone cyst
• Soft tissue sarcomas

HAND CONDITIONS:

• Camptodactyly
• Clinodactyly
• Macrodactyly
• Polydactyly
• Radial club hand
• Symbrachydactyly
• Syndactyly
• Thumb duplication (pre-axial polydactyly)
• Thumb hypoplasia and aplasia

FOOT CONDITIONS:

• Clubfoot
• Metatarsus adductus
• Sever's disease
• Tarsal coalition

HIP/LEG CONDITIONS:

• Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH)
• Femoral anteversion
• Gait (walking) abnormalities
• Leg length discrepancies
• Slipped capital femoral epiphysis
• Tibial torsion

NEUROMUSCULAR CONDITIONS:

• Achondroplasia
• Arthrogryposis
• Cerebral palsy
• Muscle weakness (hypotonia)
• Muscular dystrophy
• Neuromuscular scoliosis
• Spasticity
• Spina bifida (myelodysplasia)

SCOLIOSIS

• Congenital scoliosis
• Idiopathic scoliosis
• Kyphosis
• Neuromuscular scoliosis

To learn more about orthopaedic injuries and treatment options visit our patient education section by clicking here.