Division of Orthopaedics Patient Stories

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.

When hip pain sidelined Angeline Mays from field hockey, she sought help from the Young Adult Hip Preservation Program at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Kendall Gulli was diagnosed with bilateral hip dysplasia (or developmental dysplasia of the hip) when she was 2 years old. Surgery at CHOP corrected her condition.

Diagnosed with slipped capital femoral epiphysis of the hip, 12-year-old Zachary faced life-long disability. Thanks to a specialized surgery available at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, surgeons were able to restore Zachary’s normal hip anatomy, allowing him to regain his active lifestyle.

Stephanie, a runner, was treated for acetabular dysplasia by Wudbhav N. Sankar, MD, at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.