Orthopedic Center Patient Stories

Severe hip pain from a rare condition sidelined Andrew Luke from the sports he loved but specialized surgery by CHOP and Penn orthopedic surgeons put him back in the game.

Sydney suffered from a serious concussion while playing soccer. Thanks to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, she has clinically recovered. 

After surgery to align a displaced section of the top of her femur, Lisa is back to the thing she loves most, dancing.  

Five days before Matthew started college, an accident with a miter saw caused serious injury to his arm and almost cut short his freshman year.

Mubarak and Khairiah Alqahtani traveled from Saudi Arabia to seek lifesaving care at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia for their 18-year-old daughter, Arwa, who suffered from a rare disease.

CHOP's Brachial Plexus Program tailored a care plan for Riley that took her from from a 10-day-old with little movement in her right arm and hand to an active baby who feeds herself and throws a ball to her dog.

Tori's parents feared that surgery for Tori's worsening scoliosis would end her beloved gymnastics cheerleading career but the CHOP Orthopaedics team got her back into award-winning form.

After tearing both ACLs playing soccer, 14-year-old Lydia took her doctor’s advice and switched sports. Today, the former soccer defender is a competitive rower.

At the age of 12, Courtney was diagnosed with scoliosis. By the time she turned 17, she needed surgery. Dr. Sankar performed a posterior spinal fusion with instrumentation that allowed Courtney to get back to dancing and compete nationally eight months after surgery.

Zion Harvey is the first pediatric patient to receive a bilateral hand transplant. He was treated by a team at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.