Orthopedics

Bones, joints, and muscles

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.

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.

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)