WHAT WE DO

The Orthopaedic Trauma Program at Cedars-Sinai Orthopaedics specializes in the treatment of patients with fractures and post-traumatic bone problems.

Combined with the other specialists at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Level 1 trauma center, the Orthopaedic Trauma Program offers patients advanced, state-of-the-art care.

Specific areas of focus for the Orthopaedic Trauma Program

• Hip joint (acetabular) and pelvic fractures involving the hip socket. Without proper treatment, these injuries can lead to premature deterioration of the joint and surrounding bones, pain, stiffness and arthritis.

• Fractures involving the joint surface of the shoulder, elbow, knee and ankle. Without proper treatment, these injuries can lead to pain, stiffness and arthritis.

• Fractures that have failed to heal (non-union) or are healing with deformity (mal-union)

• Multiple injuries resulting from accidents, falls or other traumas

• Reconstruction of joints that have been injured by fractures

• Realignment procedures to help arrest—or in some cases reverse—progressive deterioration in joints. Such procedures can be of benefit to individuals who develop arthritis early in life but are too young for joint replacement.

• Use of locked plating systems to reconstruct bone fractures due to osteoporosis or fractures

• The evaluation and treatment of fracture with infection

• Specialized care for geriatric or fragility fractures