Treatments

Orthopaedic surgeons at Northwestern Memorial Hospital offer a variety of treatment options, which include:

• Arthroscopic surgery: ankles, elbows, knees, shoulders
• Cervical spine surgery
• Complex spine instrumentation: fusion, instability, deformity
• Evaluation and conservative care for spine conditions, including spinal stenosis
• Hand surgery
• Ilizarov method for treatment of problem fractures and limb length disorders
• Laminectomy: conventional and microscopic
• Revision spine surgery for failed spine procedures
• Spinal reconstruction: scoliosis, kyphosis
• Stereotactic spine surgery
• Total joint replacement for hips, knees, shoulders

The  Acute Spinal Cord Injury Center  at Northwestern Memorial and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago are part of the Midwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury Care System. This collaborative effort, is one of only 14 Model System programs in the United States to be designated as a Model System of Care for spinal cord injury.