Saving
Limbs, Restoring
Lives
One in 125 children is born with a limb deficiency. Many of
these children undergo amputation because they do not have the resources to
travel to a specialist and pay for limb-lengthening surgery.
The
Save-A-Limb Fund at the International
Center for Limb
Lengthening (ICLL) at Sinai
Hospital was
established in 2001 to provide funding for limb-lengthening surgery to children
from around the world who suffer from congenital or developmental limb
deformities. The Save-A-Limb Fund assists patients and their families with the
cost of surgery as well as other costs associated with treatment, such as
travel.
The
goal is to build this fund into an endowment that will allow the ICLL to provide
assistance on a case-by-case basis. Treatment at the ICLL allows more than 500
children each year to have nearly normal function of their
limbs.
The
International Center for Limb Lengthening (ICLL)
The ICLL is internationally
recognized as the most experienced center for limb lengthening and
reconstruction in the world, committed to providing the most comprehensive and technologically advanced treatments available
for children and adults with upper and lower limb length discrepancies, short stature,
limb deformities, nonunions, bone defects, bone infections, joint contractures, and
arthritis.
Meet the
ICLL Doctors
The Center�s clinical staff is
made up of health care professionals with specialized training and expertise in
all aspects of orthopedics and limb lengthening and reconstructive
surgery.
Events to
Benefit the Save a Limb Fund
Patient
Testimonials
Make a
Donation to the Save a Limb Fund
The Hackerman-Patz House at Sinai
Hospital
The Hackerman-Patz House is a comfortable and convenient place to stay�a home
away from home�designed with the patient in mind.
Contact LifeBridge
Health
The International Center for Limb Lengthening
Sinai Hospital of
Baltimore
2401 West Belvedere Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland 21215,
USA
phone: 410-601-8700
toll-free: 800-221-8425
fax:
410-601-9575
