The Orthopaedic Surgery department provides a wide range of specialty services, including adult reconstruction, all conditions involving the foot and ankle, limb lengthening & reconstruction, surgical treatment of orthopaedic tumours, spine service, management of multiple traumas, and sports injuries of the upper and lower limbs.

The TTSH Orthopaedic Surgery Department is made up of 7 services.

• The Adult Reconstruction Surgery service treats joints pain due to hip and knee arthritis.

• The Foot and Ankle service provides holistic treatment for:

• Injury to the foot and ankle such as ankle sprains
• Degenerative conditions and deformities of the foot and ankle such as flat feet
• Heel pain such as plantar fasciitis
• Toe deformities such as bunions

• The Limb Lengthening & Reconstruction Surgery service provides advanced surgical techniques to treat significant limb length differences and limb deformities.

• The Musculoskeletal Oncology Surgery provides treatment for benign and malignant soft tissue and bony tumours:

• Bone and soft tissue sarcoma
• Quality of life preserving treatment for metastatic bone disease
• Limb preservation surgery
• Prosthetic and biological reconstruction techniques
• Pelvic and sacral tumours

• The Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery service manages multiply injured patients as well as a high volume of geriatric trauma patients, performing:

• Hip fracture surgery
• Complex peri-articular fracture fixation
• Pelvic & acetabular surgery
• Post-traumatic deformative reconstruction
• Complex revision fixation surgery (Non-union, critical bone defects, fracture-related infections, peri-implant fractures)

• The Spine Surgery service provides treatment for:

• Spinal deformity and adult scoliosis
• Neck, upper and lower back pain
• Nerve pain such as sciatica and slipped disc
• Spinal tumours
• Spine fractures

• The Sports Medicine & Surgery service provides care on:

• All sports related conditions of the shoulder, elbow, hip, knee, foot and ankle
• Common degenerative conditions of the shoulder and elbow such as rotator cuff tears, frozen shoulders, tennis & golfer’s elbows
• Non-invasive and invasive interventions for the above problems
• Open and keyhole surgeries of the shoulder elbow, hip and knee joints