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
