Orthopaedics

For more than 90 years, Shriners Hospitals for Children has had a history of providing orthopaedic care in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Pediatric orthopaedic surgery has been a part of the multidisciplinary specialized care provided to patients at Shriners Hospitals for Children — Tampa since 1985.

Orthopaedic conditions treated

Upper extremity conditions

Fingers: Syndactyly, macrodactyly, supernumerary digits, webbed fingers, trigger fingers
Hand problems: Radial club hand, congenital abnormalities, VATER syndrome, TAR syndrome (thrombocytopenia absent radius) and radial hypoplasia, amniotic band syndrome
Shoulder: Erb’s palsy (brachial plexus injury), birth-related shoulder trauma and dislocation

Lower extremity conditions

Bowed legs: Idiopathic, Blount’s disease, rickets
Foot problems: Club feet, vertical talus, bunions, pes planus, tarsal coalition, toe-walking
Hip deformities: Perthes disease, slipped capital femoral epiphysis, congenital hip dislocation, developmental hip dysplasia
Femoral anteversion, tibial torsion
Knees: ACL, meniscus injury, arthroscopy, knock knees, Osgood Schlatter disease, patellar instability
Limb length discrepancy and limb deficiencies
Toes: Syndactyly, extra toes, supernumerary digits, webbed toes

Scoliosis and spine

Neck: Torticollis
Scoliosis, kyphosis, spondylolisthesis, spondylosis, lordosis, Scheuermann’s disease

Other orthopaedic conditions and diseases

Amputation: A complete or partial absence of a limb or limb segment, congenital (from birth) or acquired
Deficiency: A complete or partial absence or one or more bones resulting in a deficient limb segment, congenital (from birth)
Bone defects: Congenital, including psuedoarthrosis/tibia, traumatic non-unions
Bone diseases: inherited rickets, hypophosphatasia and other metabolic bone diseases
Dwarfism: achondroplasia
Fracture care: non-emergent
Dislocations: non-emergent, non-acute
Benign bone tumors, benign soft tissue tumor
Sports medicine: Knee, shoulder, elbow, ankle
Trauma: Non-emergent follow-up, complications related to injury
Osteogenesis imperfecta: A genetic, metabolic bone disease causing bones to break easily

Muscular/neuromuscular disorders

Cerebral palsy
Spina bifida, related orthopaedic conditions, tethered spinal cord
Nerve, muscular and connective tissue disorders: Charcot-Marie-Tooth, dermatomyositis, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, muscular dystrophy, spinal muscular atrophy, Marfan syndrome, anthrogryposis

Gait abnormalities

Other conditions not listed above will be considered on an individual case-by-case basis with consideration given to the specialized care provided by this and other Shriners Hospitals for Children. If, during the referral/inquiry process, our clinical team determines the patient’s needs would be best met at another Shriners Hospitals for Children, the patient will be referred.

A collaborative approach to care

Shriners Hospitals for Children — Tampa is a place where hope and healing come together. Through our innovative care, we instill confidence and teach our patients there are no limits to what they can do. All patients and families, regardless of their medical condition or needs, can expect to benefit from the experience of a multidisciplinary team dedicated to the needs of your child. Our hospital helps ensure patients receive an optimal outcome by providing all aspects of inpatient and outpatient orthopaedic care, including surgery, rehabilitation, treatment, support and education.