Orthopaedics

Whether you’re dealing with chronic joint pain, a sports injury or a complex orthopaedic condition, MU Health Care offers expert care tailored to your needs. Our team combines advanced treatments and support to help you stay active.

As an academic health system, we can offer orthopaedic treatments that aren’t available at most hospitals in mid-Missouri. Whether you’re exploring options for joint pain, injury recovery or long-term mobility, our experts provide innovative solutions tailored to your needs.

Our skilled surgeons can also perform regenerative tissue transplants, hip preservation treatments, ankle replacements, shoulder replacements and minimally invasive procedures for back pain.

Our Approach to Orthopaedics

Our team includes general orthopaedic specialists and orthopaedic surgeons as well as subspecialists who focus on specific areas, including:

• Back and spine
• Elbow
• Foot and ankle
• Hand and wrist
• Hip
• Knee
• Musculoskeletal tumors
• Shoulder
• Sports injuries
• Trauma

Minimally Invasive Surgery and Innovative Technology

Many of our surgeons are nationally recognized for their innovative care and leading-edge research. If you need surgery, our experienced team can perform many procedures with minimally invasive techniques like arthroscopy, which uses a small camera and tiny incisions to visualize and repair damaged tissue. We often use technology like 3D printing and sophisticated software to personalize your surgery based on your anatomy.

One Location for All Your Orthopaedic Needs

Whether you have a recent injury or chronic condition like arthritis or knee pain, we’re here to support you. Everything you need is under one roof at MU Health Care, including:

• Central Missouri’s largest freestanding orthopaedic surgery center, with 12 operating rooms and 42 inpatient beds.
• Imaging services, including X-rays, computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) onsite.
• A full-service pharmacy and access to durable medical equipment and braces.
• Orthotics (shoe inserts and braces) and prosthetics (artificial limbs).
• Physical therapy, which can improve your strength and mobility.

To optimize your bone and joint health, we also work closely with other specialties, including:

• Behavioral health, which can help you adopt healthier behaviors and prepare for surgery, if needed.
• Chiropractic care, which uses hands-on therapy to treat pain.
• Dietitians who can help you with nutrition, as a balanced diet is important for weight management and bone and joint health.
• Weight loss services, if your goal is to lose weight to reduce stress on joints.

Many of these experts are available through our Joint Health Program, which is designed to improve joint health with nonsurgical options.

Continuing Care for Pediatric Chronic Conditions

Our pediatric orthopaedic experts provide kid-focused care for young people with cerebral palsy, scoliosis, skeletal dysplasia and other conditions. As your child grows into adulthood, their care can easily be transferred to one of our adult orthopaedic specialists.

Our Orthopaedic Services

• Ankle replacement
• Bone Health Program
• Bunion care
• Carpal tunnel syndrome care
• Cartilage surgery
• Cerebral palsy care
• Chiropractic care
• DEXA (DXA) scan
• Elbow pain and injury care
• Foot and ankle pain care
• Hand and wrist pain care
• Hip pain care
• Hip preservation
• Hip replacement
• Imaging services
• Joint Health Program
• Knee pain care
• Knee preservation
• Knee replacement
• Laminectomy
• Limb preservation
• Musculoskeletal tumor treatment
• Meniscus treatment
• Orthopaedic rehabilitation
• Orthopaedic trauma care
• Osteoarthritis care
• Osteoporosis care
• Pediatric orthopaedics
• Physical therapy
• Platelet-rich plasma injections
• Regenerative orthopaedics
• Sarcoma care
• Scoliosis care
• Shoulder pain and injuries care
• Shoulder replacement
• Spinal fusion
• Spine care and back pain treatment
• Sports medicine
• Sports Medicine Injury Clinic
• Vertebral body tethering

Why Choose MU Health Care for Orthopaedics

• Convenient outreach clinics near you: As part of our commitment to serve the entire state of Missouri, we partner with local hospitals to offer outreach clinics. At these community clinics, you have access to our renowned orthopaedic surgeons, right in your neighborhood. You can visit our outreach clinics in Boonville, Jefferson City, Liberty and Springfield.
• Expertise in joint preservation and regenerative orthopedics: Treatments that preserve hip, knee and ankle joints can delay — and even prevent — the need for a joint replacement in many people. One option is cartilage restoration, which is performed more frequently by the surgeons at MU Health Care than any other hospital in Missouri.
• Innovative surgeries: Whether you need limb-lengthening, limb preservation or another complex bone or joint surgery, we can help. We specialize in performing patient-specific procedures using custom implants and tools personalized to your anatomy. Our experienced team also routinely performs revision surgeries to correct previous spinal surgeries or failed joint replacements.
• Extensive outcomes research: Unlike most hospitals in mid-Missouri, we track outcomes for every single patient we treat. Using this data, we can conduct innovative research studies to help advance care at the local, national and global level. We’re currently involved in dozens of clinical trials on topics like cartilage preservation, treatments for ligament tears and more.

MU Health Care’s Orthopaedic Certifications

• Autism Friendly Business: MU Health Care is designated as Autism Friendly by the Thompson Center for our commitment to fostering a community where customers feel accepted.
• Advanced Shoulder Surgery: This certification from the Det Norske Veritas group (DNV) recognizes facilities and services that meet or exceed standards of care in the complex specialty of shoulder surgery.
• IGFS CORE Certification: MU Health Care is recognized by the International Geriatric Fracture Society (IGFS) for our Geriatric Fracture Care Programs that increase quality of care and improve patient outcomes.
• Advanced Hip and Knee Replacement: MU Health Care has earned recognition from DNV for meeting or exceeding standards of care in the highly specialized field of hip and knee replacement surgery.