The Best Orthopedic Surgery Hospitals in Michigan

Orthopedic surgery involves the musculoskeletal system and can include conditions as varied as joint fractures and reconstruction, to sports medicine, spinal injuries and degenerative diseases. Michigan has centers and hospitals with their own departments of orthopedic surgery that specialize in a variety of areas.

University of Michigan Health System--Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

• The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery in the University of Michigan's Health system provides advanced approaches and care to patients with services such as MedSport, a comprehensive sports medicine service, and the hospital's new Sport Injury Prevention Center. "U.S. News and World Report" ranks the Orthopaedic Research Laboratory in the hospital among the top 40 in the country for 2009-2010. The orthopaedic surgery department provides clinical care and advanced approaches to bone and soft tissue cancers, joint implantation, metabolic disorders, congenital anomalies, fractures and soft tissue injuries, reconstructive problems, spine disorders, sports medicine and trauma. Other specialties include surgery and treatment for adult hip and knee reconstruction, foot and ankle reconstruction and surgery, pediatric surgery, and hand and upper extremity surgery, including carpal tunnel, tennis elbow, hand fracture and dislocation, rheumatoid arthritis, tendinitis and osteoarthritis.

  University of Michigan Health System--Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
  A. Alfred Taubman Health Care Center
  1500 E. Medical Center Drive
  Floor 2, Room 2912
  Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5328
  med.umich.edu

Oakwood's Center for Orthopedic and Neurosciences

• Oakwood's Center for Orthopedic and Neurosciences divides its services into teams and specialties, including the Spine Care Center for the treatment of back and neck injuries, spinal fractures, degenerative diseases, spinal deformity, instability, osteoarthritis, failed back and neck surgery, and bone cancer and related tumors; the Total Joint Replacement Center for hips, knees and shoulder joints; and the Physical Therapy Center for conditions, such as joint replacement, ligament reconstruction, fractures, spine, sprains and strains, frozen shoulder and other problems. Specific surgery includes arthroplasty or total hip/knee replacement, hip fractures, tendinitis, tarsal tunnel, foot and ankle fractures and sprains, knee arthroscopy and carpal tunnel release. The center also provides same-day/next-business-day appointments, full consultations and treatment reports in 72 hours or fewer, and the option to participate in various research studies if interested or eligible.

  Oakwood's Center for Orthopedic and Neurosciences
  Oakwood Hospital and Medical Center
  18101 Oakwood Blvd.
  Dearborn, MI 48124
  888-978-1818
  oakwood.org

DMC Surgery Hospital

• DMC Surgery Hospital, a member of the Detroit Medical Center, offers orthopedic surgery services, including procedures for the knee, such as femur fracture, knee scope and repair, and total knee replacement; procedures for the foot, including Achilles repair, bone spur correction, ankle fracture and scope, and hammertoe repair; procedures for the elbow, such as bicep tendon repair, elbow scope, tennis elbow, ulna fracture and elbow fracture; procedures for the hand, including carpal tunnel surgery (both endoscopic and open) and wrist fracture; procedures for the hip, such as hip resurfacing, hip dislocation repair and total hip replacement; procedures for the spine, including cervical disc replacement and lumbar spinal fusion; and procedures for the shoulder, such as arthroscopy, total reverse shoulder replacement and total shoulder replacement. Other specialty services include sports medicine, a back pain clinic and radiology services.

  DMC Surgery Hospital
  30671 Stephenson Highway
  Madison Heights, MI 48071
  248-733-2200
  dmcsurgeryhospital.org