Expert Pediatric Orthopaedic, Spinal Cord Injury and Cleft Lip and Palate Care

Shriners Hospital for Children in Chicago provides comprehensive medical, surgical and rehabilitative care for children with orthopaedic conditions, craniofacial conditions, and spinal cord injuries, including:

• Spine conditions such as scoliosis
• Skeletal deformities 
• Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)
• Orthopaedic conditions related to spina bifida
• Bone dysplasias
• Limb length discrepancy
• Amputations/prosthetics
• Osteogenesis imperfecta
• Blount's disease
• Arthrogryposis
• Cerebral palsy
• Foot conditions such as clubfoot
• Hip conditions 
• Metabolic bone disease such as rickets
• Pediatric orthopaedic trauma
• Orthopaedic conditions due to polio
• Chest abnormalities 
• General pediatric orthopaedic conditions
• Hand deformities 
• Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

Shriners Hospitals for Children in Chicago provides comprehensive team evaluation, treatment coordination, and surgical services for children with facial defects, deformities or injuries, including:

• Reconstructive plastic surgery
• Cranio-maxillo-facial surgery
• Microsurgery

The goal of the Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) program at the Shriners Hospitals for Children in Chicago is to assist each child with a SCI to reach his/her optimal level of health and independence, in the home, at school and in the community.

Medical, surgical and rehabilitative services include:

• Surgical management of acute spinal or extremity fractures
• Surgical and orthotic management of orthopaedic complications
• Restorative hand surgery
• Pediatric management and care of medical complications
• Rehabilitative care
• Urological management
• Neurosurgical management of spinal cord injury
• Plastic surgical care of pressure ulcers
• Functional electrical stimulation (FES)