Orthopedic Treatment for Infants, Adolescents & Children in New Orleans
Kids are meant to move and play. When they are injured and cannot, the
orthopedic surgeons at Children’s Hospital New Orleans are here
to help. We provide the latest surgical and non-surgical interventions
for children of all ages with orthopedic conditions including, fractures,
scoliosis, spinal cord deformities and injuries, and neuromuscular conditions.
We work together with our patients and their families to answer questions
and provide exceptional care for children so they can get back to being
a kid as quickly as possible.
Why orthopedics at Children’s Hospital New Orleans?
Welcome to our family! At the Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery Department at
Children’s Hospital New Orleans, you and your child will be treated
with compassion by an exceptional team of fellowship trained, board-certified
physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, registered nurses,
and dedicated medical and office staff. We are the only facility in Louisiana
whose entire existence is to serve and care for pediatric patients. Our
providers are trained to treat the most complex diagnoses and minor injuries.
Our philosophy is to care for every child as our own.
With close to 20,000 clinic visits per year, we treat most injuries sustained
by kids and teens in our community. One third of those visits are treating
fractures, sprains and other orthopedic trauma. We perform at least 1,400
surgeries per year, with more than 250 of those are spinal deformity surgeries.
We also have the first Sports Medicine program in Louisiana dedicated
to patients 21 years and younger.
We specialize in pediatric spine surgery, scoliosis, fracture treatment,
tumors of the spine and extremities and much more.
To make an orthopedics appointment at any of our locations, please call
504.899.3496.
Reconstruction of developmental skeletal malformations
Acquired and congenital hand disorders
Reconstruction of skeletal malformations resulting from trauma
Tumors of the spine and extremities
Scoliosis and spinal deformity
Children’s Hospital New Orleans treats all spinal deformities including
infantile, juvenile, adolescent, and neuromuscular scoliosis. We also
treat spondylolisthesis and congenital abnormalities of the spine, including
Spina Bifida.
Our treatment plans include non-surgical interventions such as casting
to cure or improve infantile scoliosis. We also offer waterproof casting
in addition to traditional casting materials. Our team has seen great
successes with non-invasive treatment plans.
We also offer two innovative surgical interventions known as VEPTR and
MAGEC Rod placement. The VEPTR (Vertical Expandable Prosthetic Titanium
Rib), is an expandable rod that can be placed in children who are still
growing. As the child grows, a small incision can be used to lengthen
the rods to continue to improve the scoliosis.
MAGEC Rod (Magnetic Expansion Control) is a system used to treat severe
spinal deformities in young children. Once implanted, the rods can be
lengthened as needed in the doctor’s office without surgery. With
the guidance of an ultrasound doppler and special magnet, the provider
is able to lengthen the rod and straighten the spine. We are here to assess
your child and determine if they are candidates for this technology.
We also offer the traditional posterior spinal fusion for those patients
it is deemed unsafe to utilize VEPTR or MAGEC Rods. Children’s Hospital
has a dedicated spine unit with specially trained providers to care for
our spine patients and ensure they receive the best care while in the
hospital. Our Spine Coordinator assists families in navigating through
the pre and post-operative phases of spinal surgery.
Children’s Hospital is also excited to offer EOS x-ray technology.
This allows us to obtain the best images with less radiation to our patients.
This is also great for our spinal patients who undergo multiple x-ray
studies to ensure their spines are treated appropriately and to monitor
their progress.
Pediatric orthopedic trauma
Because Children’s Hospital New Orleans is an LCMC Health hospital,
our patients with the most severe orthopedic traumas are treated at our
sister facility, University Medical Center New Orleans which has the city’s
only Level 1 Trauma Center. Once the child is stabilized, our orthopedics
team will take over care at Children’s Hospital until they are able
to return home.
Our staff is dedicated to treating all injuries quickly and efficiently.
We have same day appointments at multiple locations to treat all patients
with orthopedic related injuries. Because of the volume of patients that
we treat on a daily basis, we are able to quickly identify injuries and
develop treatment plans to return your child to their daily activities
as quickly as possible.
Pediatric and adolescent sports medicine
We are the only dedicated
pediatric sports medicine team with a specialized staff of sport medicine providers, managers, and
athletic trainers in Louisiana. We treat all sports related injuries from
the pee wee league until college.
We partner with athletic trainers across the state to ensure that athletes
are being trained on injury prevention and having injuries treated properly
and cared for prior to returning to sports. Our goal is to not only treat
sports injuries, decrease the number of pediatric sports injuries through
prevention. We work to educate our athletes, their trainers, and their
families so that we can work collaboratively to keep our most precious
gifts, our children, safe from injury.
The Children’s Hospital orthopedics team has researched improved
techniques that we are incorporating into our practice to reduce the re-rupture
rate of ACL reconstructions to
2.5%, this is significantly less than the national average of 20%. Our team
is also working to advance our techniques to provide meniscal repair and
salvage techniques to preserve the meniscus and provide at least ten years
of function.
Pediatric bone and soft tissue tumors
Children’s Hospital has fellowship trained orthopedic tumor specialists
to help diagnose bone and soft tissue tumors. Our team is here to care
for you and your child through this process, whether it is a benign or
malignant tumor. Our team can offer many treatment options to ensure your
child receives the best care possible and that all your questions are answered.
Pediatric hand specialists
Our hand specialists treat congenital deformities, injuries, and tumors
of the hands and arms.
Multidisciplinary clinics
The orthopedic surgeons of Children’s Hospital New Orleans participate
and care for children with complex medical diagnoses through our specialized
multidisciplinary clinics. Orthopedics and many other pediatric specialists
come together as a team to assess and care for medically complex patients.
Our multidisciplinary clinics are offered monthly and help eliminate the
need for multiple clinic appointments. The clinics also offer the opportunity
for families to collaborate and learn about resources that are available to them.
Orthopedics participates in the following multidisciplinary clinics:
Neuromuscular Clinic (Muscular Dystrophy, Spinal Muscular Atrophy and Charcot
Marie Toothe)
