Orthopedics
Orthopedics is the area of medicine that deals with the prevention or correction of injuries or disorders of the skeleton and associated muscles, joints, and ligaments.
A pediatric orthopedist specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of these diseases in children.
A pediatric orthopedist specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of these diseases in children.
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Bones, joints, and muscles
University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital’s board-certified pediatric orthopaedists are trained to treat a range of congenital, developmental, and traumatic conditions affecting children’s bones, joints, and muscles. Our physicians are world-renowned experts in surgical and non-surgical treatments for conditions such as scoliosis, limb length discrepancies, clubfoot, hip dysplasia, and fractures.
Our Services
Clubfoot
The effective nonsurgical treatment of clubfoot, a birth deformity that misaligns bones and joints in the lower leg, was born at the University of Iowa. UI Stead Family Children's Hospital orthopedic surgeons are at the forefront of care and training for this condition that can be successfully treated.
Scoliosis
Our staff of specialists offers surgical and rehabilitative care to treat both young patients with adolescent scoliosis and older patients with degenerative scoliosis.
Sports Medicine
Physicians who provide sports medicine services are specially trained in the development of muscles and bones and the injuries that are typical of young people participating in recreational activities.
The clinic offers a full range of orthopedic services including treatment for:
- Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE)
- Spinal deformity (scoliosis; kyphosis)
- Clubfoot
- Hip dysplasia
- Neuromuscular disorders (cerebral palsy, meningomyelocele and spinal muscular atrophy)
- Limb length inequality
- Skeletal dysplasias
- Spine
- Tumors
- Gait abnormalities (in- and out-toeing)
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