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:
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)