Pioneering surgery schoolgirl loses her legs and learns to skateboard.
I am so grateful to Mr Marks and his team for the amazing work they did to save Rosie's life. It is just wonderful to see her see her living life to the full.
Spinal deformity is an evolving condition which is linked to growth. Our team offers specialist advice as to what is likely to happen with regards to the spinal curve over time, depending on the age of the patient and growth remaining in the spine when you are first seen. We have expertise in managing spinal curvature in all ages, from birth to old age. We will advise on how to best manage the spine and provide the information required for both patients and families to make an informed decision on how best to proceed with their care.
The surgeons who are involved with Midland Scoliosis Service Service are all Consultant Spinal Surgeons with NHS contracts at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, specialising in paediatric spinal deformity care. They are variously members of National and International Scoliosis and Spinal Societies and make significant contributions to these associations on a regular basis. The Curriculum Vitae of each Surgeon is available within this site. Other members of the 'core' Midland Scoliosis Service team comprise specialist trained Paediatric Anaesthetists, a Registered Children's Liaison Nurse and skilled Paediatric Plaster / Orthotic Technicians. Available to us are opinions and help from Paediatricians, Musculoskeletal and Neuro-radiologist, Neurophysiologist.
When a person (especially if it is a child) is diagnosed with a spinal curvature, it can be a very stressful time for all concerned, patient and family alike. You can be assured that we have guided many people and families with very similar conditions through from diagnosis to treatment and can understand and relate to the concerns and questions that patients will have.
We work at three different hospitals in the West Midlands and one in London using state of the art facilities for both outpatient and inpatient care. We see outpatients at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, the Priory Hospital in Birmingham, the Spire Southbank Hospital in Worcester and also at the BUPA Cromwell Hospital in London. Inpatients are treated in Birmingham and London where all hospitals have high dependency care and both the Priory and Cromwell Hospitals have intensive care facilities for patients over twelve at the Priory and for all ages at the Cromwell. All three sites can offer accommodation for accompanying parents, family and carers.
The Priory Hospital is the primary partner hospital of the Midlands Scoliosis service and is one of the only hospitals in the UK with a private intensive care unit able to care for children from the age of 12. Based on the site of Stanley House School on a green leafy site in inner Birmingham, in listed buildings, it offers the ideal mix of old and new with individual ensuite rooms.
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital has an illustrious history and was originally known as The Royal Orthopaedic and Spinal Hospital and was given the royal seal of approval in the early part of the 20th century on land donated by the Cadbury family. Spinal innovation has always been part of the spinal service with Mr FG Allen and the development of the Allen Jack in the 1950s and the development of the Paediatric Isola growing spine system for young children by Mr DS Marks linked with San Diego Children's Hospital in the 1990s. The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital offers private facilities for both adults and children and specialist high dependency care for spinal patients.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is found in the city centre in a listed building site of the old General Hospital and is the tertiary referral centre for all paediatric conditions for the West Midlands and for some conditions is the national centre for the UK. The hospital houses a large Paediatric Intensive Care Unit for all ages.
Birmingham is central in the UK well connected to the motorway networks (M5, M6 and M42). The city is served by Birmingham International Airport which is 20 minutes from Birmingham Children's Hospital and The Priory and 30 minutes from The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital. Birmingham New Street is a large busy railway station in the centre of Birmingham walking distance from Birmingham Children's Hospital with regular services to London, the North, the South West and Wales.