Department of Children’s Orthopaedics and Spine Surgery
caters to children and adolescents up to age 18 years for all of their
Orthopaedic limb and Spine problems, and is a leader in this field both
nationally and internationally. Every year, over 1200 children attend our Department for various limb and spine disorders.
Our Speciality Areas Are:
- Birth defects which involve
the arms and legs (like Club Foot Deformity). A club foot deformity that
presents to us within a few weeks of birth takes a mere 5 weeks to correct
fully. The small surgery that is done in this condition is scar-less
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At birth hip dislocation (Congenital Hip Dislocation, Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip)
- We are amongst the best centres in the world for treatment of hip
dislocations and dysplasia
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We are one of the leading
centres for scoliosis and spinal deformity correction. Brace Therapy is given
in order to avoid surgery when the deformity of the spine is not severe. This
is complemented by special exercise programs. For severe deformities, we offer
surgical correction. In small children, the surgery involves placement of
growth rods which grow with the child and keep applying correction to the
spinal deformity. In adolescents, we offer one stage or 2 stage corrections to
balance the spine and correct the deformity. We have fully equipped operating
rooms, highly trained anaesthesia teams, neurophysiology monitoring equipment,
and ICU care to render these operations safe at our centre
- Limb Lengthening and Height
gain procedures - Limb Lengthening is carried out routinely in our hospital. We
carry out limb lengthening procedures by time honoured methods of external
fixator dependent lengthening, or by the latest and painless and completely
internal magnetic nail (Precice) technology
- Deformity that develops
later like knock knees, bow legs, flat foot, are routinely treated at our
Centre. A lot of the treatment consists of treatment of underlying medical
disorders, bracing, and therapy. Minimally invasive procedures like Physeal
Modulation are offered to rapidly correct those deformities that do not spontaneously
correct. In addition to surgery, we offer non surgical treatments wherever
possible – like orthotics, Physiotherapy, Bracing and exercises
- We have a specialty driven
program for children with Cerebral Palsy and other neurological conditions. Our
Neuro-developmental Therapy and Sensory Intergration Therapy Centre is called the
Artemis Special Children’s Centre (ASCC). Here, therapy is offered to children
with neurological conditions – most notably Cerebral Palsy and Brachial plexus
injury
The Other Children’s Orthopaedic Problems That Are Routinely Treated In The Department Are:
- Injuries like fractures,
dislocations, and ligamentous injuries
- Infections of bones, joints (Osteomyelitis
and Septic Arthritis), and the Spine (Tuberculosis)
- Developmental conditions
like Perthes disease, Blount’s disease are offered the latest treatments at our
hospital
- We are fully equipped to
treat bone tumors like Osteosarcoma and Ewing’s Sarcoma
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Complex limb
reconstructions in PFFD (Proximal Focal Femoral Deficiency),
Tibial Hemimelia, Fibular Hemimelia, Radial Club hands and Ulnar Club hands
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