Orthopedic Surgery

Expert Care to Get You Moving

At Catholic Health, we know that orthopedic injuries disrupt your daily life. Our board-certified orthopedic surgeons across Long Island offer the latest, most advanced surgical procedures to get you on the move again and back to doing what you enjoy.

We offer a full spectrum of care for ankle and foot, hand and wrist, hip and knee, shoulder and spine. Our orthopedic specialists are experts in surgically treating injuries, including fractures, trauma and sports-related, and orthopedic conditions and disorders.

We offer minimally invasive surgical procedures, like robotic surgery, that result in less pain and discomfort, shorter hospital stays, and improved recovery time. Some procedures are ambulatory and same-day.

St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center is ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of the best hospitals in the nation for orthopedics.

Treatments & Services

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Catholic Health orthopedic surgeons use the latest techniques to treat ankle and foot conditions.

Conditions We Treat

Conditions we treat include:

Surgical Procedures We Offer

Surgical procedures we offer include:

Catholic Health orthopedic surgeons use the most innovative procedures to treat hand and wrist problems. We offer a full range of orthopedic procedures—from complex joint reconstructions on the elbow, forearm, wrists, hands and fingers to minimally invasive techniques for common conditions.

Conditions We Treat

Conditions we treat include:

Catholic Health uses the latest techniques for knee and hip replacement surgery, including minimally invasive surgery and guided navigation surgery.

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Common Procedures We Perform

Procedures include:

Arthroscopy (minimally invasive procedure to diagnose and treat joint problems)
Partial replacements
Total replacements
Resurfacing

Specialized Care

St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center® (Roslyn, NY) is one of the few hospitals in New York State to offer:

Autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI)—repairs articular cartilage defects of the knee
Matrix-induced autologous chondrocyte implantation (MACI)—repairs damaged articular cartilage in the knee using cartilage cells harvested arthroscopically from the patient

St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center® and St. Charles Hospital (Port Jefferson, NY) are leaders in revision joint replacement and use the latest techniques in:

Adult reconstruction, including unicompartmental knee replacement
Anterior hip replacement
Gender specific knee replacement
Robotic knee replacement

Catholic Health trauma surgeons are experts in treating complicated fractures using minimally invasive techniques. Fracture expertise includes:

Foot and ankle
Hand
Pelvic and hip
Upper extremity—wrist, forearm, elbow, upper arm and shoulder

Emergency Fracture Care

All Catholic Health emergency departments provide care for emergency fractures.

St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center® (Roslyn, NY) has a 24-hour emergency fracture service if you, or someone you know, suffers an emergency involving bone fracture.

Call 833-736-7846 (833-SF-ORTHO).

Geriatric Fracture Care

The Geriatric Fx Program at Good Samaritan Hospital (West Islip, NY) is the only one in the region and has premier certification from the International Geriatric Fracture Society. The program provides fracture care for the geriatric population, 65 years of age and older, who are hospitalized after sustaining fractures after a fall from standing height (fragility fractures). The goal is to reduce severe, early complications and some of the long-term disabilities associated with fragility fractures.

Pediatric Fracture Care

Our pediatric orthopedists are experts in the pediatric musculoskeletal system and are trained to help prevent abnormal development in young patients who have sustained a fracture.

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Catholic Health spine experts treat spine, neck and back pain using minimally invasive procedures whenever possible.

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Conditions We Treat

Conditions we treat include:

Congenital deformities
Disc and nerve injuries
Fractures
Soft tissue injuries
Spinal column and spinal cord issues

Catholic Health orthopedic specialists treat shoulder pain, injuries and chronic conditions.

Conditions We Treat

Conditions we treat include:

Dislocation
Frozen shoulder
Loose bodies
Rotator cuff tears
Tendonitis

Surgical Procedures We Perform

Surgical procedures we perform include:

Shoulder arthroscopy
Shoulder labrum surgery
Shoulder replacement

Catholic Health sports medicine physicians are skilled at treating sports-related injuries. We care for every level of athlete, from high school students to recreational athletes to professional athletes.

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Surgical Procedures We Perform

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction
Arthroscopy of hip, knee and shoulder (minimally invasive procedure to diagnose and treat joint problems)
Articular cartilage repair and reconstruction
Meniscus surgery
Rotator cuff repair
Shoulder labrum surgery

Clinical Excellence at Catholic Health

St. Francis Hospital and St. Charles Hospital are rated as high-performing in Knee Replacement.

St. Francis Hospital and St. Charles Hospital are rated as high-performing in Hip Replacement.

St. Francis Hospital is rated as high-performing in Hip Fracture.

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