• FEATURES Paediatric Orthopaedics in Behandlungszentrum Vogtareuth The new Clin ie for Paediatrie Orthopaedies at Behand lungszentrum Vogtareuth opens its doors in January 2008. Herewith Behandlu ngszentrum Vogta reuth, already renowned for the high ly qualified treat ment in its speeialised eli nies, com plements its spectrum of activity in the therapy of children and adoleseents. Dr Sean Nader M.D., Head Physieian of the new department, has many years of experience in the treatment of orthopaedic diseases in children as weil as in adults and he sets a high va lue on individual treatment coneepts. With the establishmen t of the Cli nic for Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery and due to the dose cooperation with other specialised fields of the treatment centre, espeeially with the departments of Neuropaediatrics, Spine Surgery and Intensive Care, a reliable all around eare of the young patients can be ensured. The age speetrum ranges from infants to adolescents and young adults. Thanks to his many years of experience in the field of adult orthopaedics and the cooperation with the other speeialised clinics of Behandlungszentrum Vogtareuth, Dr Sean Nader M.D. renders possible the uninterrupted advaneed care of pat ients also after reaching adulthood. Due to the concept, which is unique in Germany, of multidiseiplinary assistanee, we have been abl e to eoncent rate the en t ire treatment range of paediatric orthopaedics under one roof. Short ways between the examinations and an experience of many years in the treatment of children EURO!'/'.IIEAI:Jl1 facili t ate fast diagnosis and targeted t herapy, without long waiting times, annoyi ng journ eys or double eonsultations, both for the yo ungest patients and for the fully-grown adolescents. In this process we not only want to eompetently accompany ehildren from the beginning along the necessary therapies that often stretch over years, but we also wish to be a reli able help for pa rents in t heir life wi th their child, providi ng t hem eomprehensive information and indications of various treatment methods. Dr Sean Nader M.D., Head Phys ician of the Clini e for Paediatri c Orthoped ie Surgery Postdoctoral Edueation 1982-85 Moorpark College, Cal ifornia USA 1985-88 University of CaJifornia Dur range of special ty eomprises t he Los Angeles (UCLAl, diagnosis and the rapy of eongenita l California USA and aequired extremity maIforma - 1989-90 Technische Universität t ions, sports injuries and disorders München - El ektrot echnik of the musculoskeletal system in syn- 199 1-97 Ludwig-Maximiliandromie diseases. Universität München - Medizinstudium In paediatr ic orthopaedi cs, the con - 1996 Universi ty of California servative treatment occupies a large Los Angeles (U CLAl-School field. Its foeuses are represented by the of Medieine University individually coordinated physiotherapy, of Harvard-Sehool of ergotherapy, whieh is accommodated Medicine, MA USA to the prog ress of the patient, and last 1997-99 General Surgery, but not least the different orthopaedicKrankenhaus Agatharied technical possibilities, from the elemen- 1999-01 Orthopaedie Surgery, tary splint to the eomplex extremity Behandlun<JSZentrum Vogtatarlh substitute prosthetics. 2001-03 Spinal Surgery, Behandlungszentrum Vogtareuth The ope rative treat ment speetrum 2003-07 Paediatrie Orthopaedic rang es from minimally invasive surSugery, Orthopädische geries and simple ten don lengthening Kinderk lini k Aschau over complex axia l corrections and 2008 Head Physician of the Clinic leng t hening with the help of external fo r Paediatrie Orthopedie fixation an d osteotomy, up to multiSurgery, dimensional pelvic re constructions. Behandlungszef1trum Vogtareuth The operat ive proce dures are always accompanied and complemented by conservative measures. Therapeutic focuses of congenital dis- FEATURES • •• eases : art hl'Ogry posis mu lt iplex conge ni ta l (AMC), spina bifida (MMC), Cerebral Pa lsy CCP), longi t ud ina l malformations of the lower ext rernity (PFFD, fibula def eet, ti bia defeet), t ransversa l mal f ormations, skeletal dyplasias of various genesis, Po nseti treatment of clubfoot, all foot deformit ies, eongen ital knee luxat io n, rnuscuJa l' diseases, syn daetylism, t ibia pseudarthrosis, con ge nital dis loeat io n of hi p, oste ocho ndr ornatosis, torticol lis (wryneck) . uppe r and lower ex tremities, slipped eapital femo ral ep iphys is, Pe rthes' disease, osteoehond rosis disseeans, pat ella luxat ion . The rape utic f oeuses of aequ ir ed dis eases : diagno stie and t hera peu t ic a rthroscopy, post-t raumat ic extrem ity shortening, axial mal posi t ion of t he In the f oll owing one of our young fe male patien t s teils about her destiny and how she is eop ing with the long therapy of her seve re inbo rn disease: ~s I ~:UR<?PE 111 HLILTHI 2 7 ~I"""'~I,","'"