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Children’s Hospital (CH) is a 290 bed hospital for children
with an average daily orthopaedic patient census of 20. It is a
major referral center for patients from the region as well as national
and international patients. The Emergency Room is a level I pediatric
trauma center. Over 34,000 outpatients are seen yearly and 3000
operations are performed. The unique procedures done at our institution
involve complex spine surgery, surgery for congenital defects of
both upper and lower extremities and complex hip osteotomies. The
hospital has associated with it a laboratory in skeletal biology,
carrying out research in bone mineralization, fracture healing and
various aspects of skeletal biology. There are 16 staff orthopaedic
surgeons, 8 orthopaedic residents and 2 orthopaedic fellows working
at 