Children's Spine Surgery

The spine surgery team at Children’s provides next-generation care to infants, children, and adolescents from throughout the Upper Midwest.

Tumors and tumor-like conditions of the spine, although rare, should be included in the differential diagnosis of infants and children with back pain. Skeletal pathology is more frequently the cause of back pain in children than in adults. Although most tumors and tumor-like conditions of the spine in children are benign, many require surgery. Children with malignant tumors of the spine (with the exception of leukemia and lymphoma) may require multimodality therapy, including surgery, to achieve long-term cure. Advances in imaging, surgical technique, surgical technology, and adjuvant therapy have led to improvements in diagnosis and treatment and, thus, outcomes. In many cases, however, early and accurate diagnosis is often possible based on only clinical history, physical examination, and plain radiographic imaging.

• Your child’s surgery is performed by a team of professionals who specialize in the unique needs of children.
• If necessary, your child’s pain is managed by an interdisciplinary pain management team.
• Your child’s care includes the latest in surgical techniques, technology, and training.
• Your child’s care providers invite you to be part of your child’s care team, because you know your child best.

Children's Bone And Spine Surgery
At Children's Bone And Spine Surgery, we specialize in sports injuries, the treatment of scoliosis, cerebral palsy and trauma. We are the only exclusively pediatric orthopedic surgery practice in Nevada. Injuries in children often require different therapeutic treatment options than those used in adults. Children may require different treatments such as growing bones with open growth plates, more sensitive articular cartilage, and injuries related to growth spurts.

We pride ourselves in treating the full spectrum of children's bone and spine disorders from pediatric spinal deformity including scoliosis, kyphosis, and spondylolisthesis to complex congenital and developmental deformities of the feet, hips and spine, difficult development and neurological problems such as cerebral palsy, spina bifida and muscular dystrophy. We also treat all fractures and sports injuries, bone and soft tissue tumors. We have recently added a pediatric physical therapy suite.