Conditions treated by the Orthopaedic and Spine Surgery Department
The Orthopaedic and Spinal Surgery Unit at Great Ormond Street Hospital acts as a tertiary referral centre for unusual or difficult elective paediatric orthopaedic conditions.
Areas of expertise include:
- Limb lengthening and limb deformity reconstruction
- A dedicated service forPonseti treatment of clubfoot
- Surgery of the feet
- Surgery of upper limb problems (we work with hand surgeons where needed)
- Early treatment of congenital hip dysplasia and hip dislocation
- Complex hip surgery in infants, children and adolescents up to 17 years of age
- Orthopaedic treatment of skeletal dysplasia and syndromic disorders
- Complex osteogenesis imperfecta and arthrogryposis
- Neuromuscular conditions and neuro-disability
- The whole range of paediatric spine surgery (scoliosis treatment)
- Back pain in children
- Complex deformity surgery of the growing spine
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