Orthopedic Services

One in every seven adults suffers from an orthopedic problem. Whether your complaint is arthritis pain or knee problems from a sport injury, Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare - Elmbrook Memorial’s orthopedic team offers a specialized approach to your injury and recovery.

Personalized Pain Management
Orthopedics is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and prevention of injuries and diseases of the body's musculoskeletal system, which includes bones, joints, cartilage, ligaments, tendons, muscles and nerves. Although disorders such as joint degeneration or a torn ligament may require surgical intervention, many patients with orthopedic problems are successfully treated without surgery. Our physicians design a treatment plan that is personalized to your individual needs –whatever your age and physical condition.

Specialized Orthopedic programs and services at Elmbrook Memorial include:

Our continuum of orthopedic care includes outpatient rehabilitation services, home care and educational programs that showcase new therapies while encouraging injury and disease prevention.

Minimally-invasive Approach, Faster Healing
Elmbrook Memorial’s orthopedic and neurosurgeons perform some of the most complex and advanced procedures involving hip, knee, joint replacement, spine, arthroscopic, hand, shoulder, foot and ankle surgery.

Using the latest technology and treatment skills, many orthopedic procedures are performed arthroscopically – without the need for large incisions. This minimally-invasive approach leads to faster healing, faster recovery and smaller scars.

Joint Replacement Surgery
When cartilage in a joint becomes damaged by disease or injury, the tissues around the joint become inflamed, causing pain and a breakdown of healthy tissue. Common causes leading to a hip or knee replacement include:

Osteoarthritis
rheumatoid arthritis
a deformed joint
excess weight
joint fracture
ligament tears
Other injury causing cartilage damage

Using the latest technology and surgical techniques, our highly skilled orthopedic surgeons relieve pain and restore joint functions for thousands of patients each year.

When only some of the joint is damaged, a surgeon may be able to repair or replace just the damaged parts. When the entire joint is damaged, a total joint replacement is done. Some patients may be candidates for “mini-incision” hip replacement surgery, which involves a smaller incision and faster recovery time.

Spine and Back Care
Elmbrook Memorial neurosurgeons, orthopedic surgeons and physiatrists (doctors who specialize in physical rehabilitation), pinpoint and treat the sources of spine, back and neck pain while offering the latest, most innovative non-surgical and surgical treatment options.

Ankle and Foot Care
Elmbrook Memorial’s surgeons and podiatrists who are foot and ankle specialists care for patients with sports injuries and work-related problems, as well as those with foot disorders caused by arthritis, diabetes and other conditions. They use cutting-edge techniques to restore and improve movement, flexibility as well as manage or eliminate pain.

Hand, Wrist, Elbow & Shoulder Care
Even the most complex hand, wrist, elbow and shoulder problems can be treated and resolved at Elmbrook Memorial. Services include inpatient and outpatient surgery and treatment for:

Fractures and dislocations
Tendon tears
Arthritis
Congenital deformities
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Other nerve compression conditions
Rotator cuff tears
Tendonitis
Bursitis
Cartilage Regeneration

Elmbrook Memorial Hospital
19333 W. North Avenue
Brookfield, WI 53045
(262) 785-2000

Dr. Sean Tracy, Orthopedic Surgeon, is the area’s first to offer a breakthrough procedure known as Arthroscopically Assisted Knee Resurfacing. Click here to watch Dr. Tracy explain the procedure. Click here for more information about the Arthrosurface® system used in the procedure.