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The Pediatric Orthopedics Unit is the Northern Israel center for treating disorders of the musculoskeletal system in children, including trauma to the musculoskeletal system. The unit has extensive experience in repairing skeletal deformities, in limb elongation, early detection and treatment of congenital dislocated hip, and preventive treatment using the Ponseti method for clubfoot. Furthermore, the unit is among the national and world leaders in the Taylor Spatial Frame technology for highly accurate repair of deformities, and elongation of the limbs.
The unit's activities are divided into three main areas:
1. Emergency care – carried out in the Rambam Healthcare Center or Meyer Children's Hospital emergency medicine departments;
2. Clinical services – including treatment of patients referred by their community physicians or intensive care physicians, and patients after hospitalization.
3. Inpatient care – including treatment of children hospitalized in the different departments, after treatment in the emergency room and/or after surgery by the senior staff of the unit.
The unit team participates in a number of leading research activities in pediatric orthopedics, including hip pathologies in children, clubfoot, trauma, and others.
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