Common Conditions Treated
The Limb Reconstruction Center at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center helps children with any limb deficiency or deformity due to birth defects, injury or disease, including:
- Birth Defects
- Left below elbow transverse limb deficiency (the most common transverse longitudinal deficiency of the upper extremity)
- Fibular hemimelia (the most common transverse longitudinal deficiency of the lower extremity)
- Proximal femoral focal deficiency (short femur)
After Trauma Lawnmower injuries Traumatic amputations Growth arrests post fractureDevelopmental Blount's disease (severe bow-legs) Congenital genuvalgum (pathologic knock-knees)Oncologic Following amputation for malignancyFor more information about the Limb Reconstruction Center, part of the Orthopaedic Surgery Division at Cincinnati Children's, contact 888-828-LIMB (5462).
