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Neurosciences and Musculoskeletal Services
Fracture Clinic
Trillium Health
Centre - Mississauga
Trillium's Fracture
Clinic has a new and modern home. On February 7, 2008,
the Clinic moved to its new space on the Main Floor, just
around the corner from its previous location.
For more information
and directions to the new Clinic, click
here.
More than 22,000
patients visit Trillium's Fracture Clinic each year.
Services provided include:
- Acute and follow-up fracture care
- Advanced casting techniques and care by Certified Orthopaedic
Technologists
- Post-operative follow-up care for elective and non-elective
patients
- Consultations with an Orthopaedic Surgeon
- Custom Functional Knee Bracing including assessment, fitting
and follow-up care as well as off-the-shelf bracing for
knees
- Customized upper extremity fracture bracing
- Spinal Bracing including assessment, fitting and follow-up
care
- Splinting of acute and chronic musculoskeletal conditions
- Viscosupplementation program for osteoarthritis of the
knee.
Based on your individual
needs at the time of your clinic visit, you may need additional
X-Rays or procedures as determined by your orthopaedic surgeon.
Patients are seen
in order of their appointment times, not arrival times, for
both a consultation or cast work. Please follow the
tips below to make your appointments easy as possible:
- Bring your health card.
- Allow up to three hours for your entire visit. Avoid
booking other appointments during this time.
- If necessary, please bring along an English Interpreter.
- Bring a maximum of only one family member or friend to
accompany you. Space is limited.
- If driving, patients should enter via the Main (East)
Entrance. Patients being dropped-off can use the Family
Care Centre (North) entrance. Route maps are available at
the Main Entrance information desk.
- Certain procedures and products are not covered by OHIP.
Please be prepared to pay for these charges at time of treatment.
Visa and Interac are accepted.
Fracture Health
Care Team
Trillium's Fracture
Clinic health care team consists of an interdisciplinary team
of Orthopaedic Surgeons, an Advanced Orthopaedic Technologist,
Orthopaedic Technologists, Orthopaedic Technicians, Physiotherapists
and Occupational Therapists. A Clinical Educator and
a Manager complements the team.
Drug or Latex Allergies
If you have a known
or suspected drug or latex allergy, please inform us at the
time of registration in the Fracture Clinic.
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