All children with traumatic injuries or complex spine deformities requiring post-operative monitoring in the intensive care unit are seen at and undergo surgery at the Montreal Children’s Hospital. All other orthopedic diseases and deformities are taken care of at the Shriners Hospital for Children.
Conditions which are treated at the MCH and Shriners Hospital include the following:
- All musculoskeletal injuries (including sports injuries)
- All spine deformities (neuromuscular, congenital and idiopathic scoliosis; kyphosis)
- All hip pathology from newborn to young adult, congenital upper and lower limb deformities, cerebral palsy and spina bifida, skeletal dysplasias, and congenital foot deformities.