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)