Orthopaedics & Fractures

Our main aim is to treat patients with diseases of musculoskeletal system. This includes your bones, joints, ligaments, tendons, and muscles. There can be many medical problems that can affect the bones, joints, ligaments, tendons, and muscles.

Bone problems may include:

• Bone deformities   • Bone infections   • Bone tumors   • Fractures   • Need for amputation   • Nonunions: failure of fractures to heal   • Malunions: fractures healing in a wrong position   • Spinal deformities  

Joint problems may include:

• Arthritis    • Bursitis    • Dislocation    • Joint pain    • Joint swelling or inflammation    • Ligament tears   

Common orthopedic-related diagnosis based on body part include:

ANKLE AND FOOT:

• • Fasciitis
• • Foot and ankle deformities
• • Fractures
• • Hammer toe
• • Heel pain
• • Heel spurs
• • Joint pain and arthritis
• • Sprains
• • Tarsal tunnel syndrome
• • Sesamoiditis

HAND AND WRIST:

• • Fractures
• • Joint pain
• • Arthritis
• • Tendon or ligament injury
• • Carpal tunnel syndrome
• • Ganglion cyst
• • Tendinitis
• • Tendon tears
• • Infection

SHOULDER:

• • Arthritis
• • Bursitis
• • Dislocation
• • Frozen shoulder
• • Impingement syndrome
• • Loose or foreign bodies
• • Rotator cuff tear
• • Rotator cuff tendinitis
• • Separation
• • Torn labrum
• • SLAP tears
• • Fractures

KNEE:

• Cartilage and meniscus injuries
• Dislocation of the kneecap (patella)
• Ligament sprains or tears (anterior cruciate, posterior cruciate, medial collateral, and lateral collateral ligament tears)
• Loose or foreign bodies
• Osgood-Schlatter disease
• Pain
• Tendinitis
• Fractures

ELBOW:

• • Arthritis
• • Bursitis
• • Arthritis
• • Dislocation or separation
• • Ligament sprains or tears
• • Loose or foreign bodies
• • Pain
• • Tennis or golfers elbow
• • Elbow stiffness or contractures
• • Fractures

SPINE:

• • Herniated (slipped) disk
• • Infection of the spine
• • Injury to the spine
• • Scoliosis
• • Spinal stenosis
• • Spinal tumor
• • Fractures
• • Spinal cord injuries

PATIENT CARE & TREATMENT:

In orthopedics, we treat various diseases and need to do following procedures and surgeries along with medical management and physiotherapy.

1. Sometimes, treatment involves injections of medicine into the painful area. This may involve:
   • Corticosteroid injections into joints, tendons, and ligaments, and around the spine
   • Hyaluronic acid injection to help relieve arthritis pain
   
2. Surgical procedures used in the treatment of orthopedics include: • Amputation
   • Arthroscopic surgeries
   • Bunionectomy and hammer toe repair
   • Cartilage repair or resurfacing procedures
   • Cartilage surgery to knee
   • Fracture care
   • Arthroplasty
   • Ligament reconstructions
   • Repair of torn ligaments and tendons
   • Spine surgery, including discectomy, foraminotomy, laminectomy, and spinal fusion
   
3. Newer orthopedic services procedures include:
   • Minimally invasive surgery
   • Advanced external fixation
   • Use of bone graft substitutes and bone-fusing protein
   

WHO IS INVOLVED:

We have team approach towards treatment of our orthopedic patients. Your team includes a doctor, a non-doctor specialist, nurses, OT assistants as well as others like Physiotherapist and nutritional counselor.