The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery in KK Women's and Children's Hospital started providing clinical services in May 1997. Since then it has been one of the fastest growing departments in the hospital. In 2005, the department expanded to provide orthopaedic care for women.
 
The department is staffed by full-time, fellowship-trained paediatric orthopaedic surgeons as well as visiting orthopaedic consultants with different subspecialty interests. Our surgeons are committed to provide the highest quality specialist care for children and women.

The department also has a strong commitment to training undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as doctors from abroad. All our senior staff have teaching appointments with the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore.


To see a doctor, please call Central Appointments @ tel: 6294 4050

Specialist clinics for children and women run daily from Monday to Friday. Surgeons accept referrals from general practitioners and from government polyclinic doctors. Patients may also ring directly for an appointment. In the last few years, the department has seen a significant rise in the number of overseas patients, particularly from Malaysia and Indonesia.

Range of Services:

Children’s Orthopaedics (Specialist Clinic P, Level 1, Children's Tower)

• Fractures and musculoskeletal trauma
• Scoliosis (curved spine), back pain, torticollis and other paediatric spine conditions
• Foot problems such as flatfoot and clubfoot
• Hip conditions such as developmental dysplasia of the hip, Perthes disease, and slipped capital femoral epiphysis
• The orthopaedic manifestations of neuromuscular conditions like Cerebral Palsy, Spina Bifida, and the Muscular Dystrophies
• Limb length discrepancy
• Hand problems such as trigger finger, polydactyly (extra thumb or finger) and syndactyly (fused fingers)
• Musculoskeletal infections and tumours
• Sports injuries
• Surveillance of physiological conditions such as knock-knees, bow-legs, and in-toeing (pigeon-toed gait)

Women’s Orthopaedics (Specialist Clinic B, Basement 1, Women's Tower)