Leg & Knee Trauma Care

Below is a list of leg and knee trauma conditions that we specialize in treating. It is not a comprehensive list, but is meant to show the range of our board-certified orthopaedic surgeons and their expertise in the treatment of many types of orthopaedic trauma. We are also advocates for the education of our patients about their condition, treatment and recovery.

We Specialize In:

Additionally

  • Polytrauma patients with orthopaedic injuries
  • Fractures in older populations
  • Fractures related to osteoporosis/insufficiency fractures
  • Fractures around a prosthetic joint
  • Stress fractures
  • Fractures in athletes
  • Joint preserving techniques following severe joint injuries
  • Fractures that did not heal with previous treatment
  • Procedures to correct bony alignment
  • Limb lengthening
  • Minimally invasive surgery
  • Pathologic fractures

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Our Patients

  • “I can live a normal life and enjoy life once again.”

    ~ Ron Pollicino

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  • “I thank the doctors at NYP/HSS for giving me my life back.”

    ~ Caitlyn Kearns

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  • “They were able to piece me back together where others were not.”

    ~ J. D. Pelaez

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  • “We could not have wished for a better outcome given a very severe and untimely injury.”

    ~ James DeSousa

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  • “The level of expertise and care is beyond imagination. Dr. Helfet is an artist.”

    ~ Herve Duteil

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  • “It is thanks to them that my pain is kept under control and that I am walking again today.”

    ~ Anika Vorndamme-Cajigal

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  • “Dr. Helfet saved my leg. I was told I could never walk again. He is the best in the whole world.”

    ~ Patricia Valero

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David L. Helfet, MD

535 East 70th Street
New York, NY 10021

212-606-1888 phone
212-628-4473 fax

New York Fracture Care

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David L. Helfet, MD 
212-606-1888

Dean G. Lorich, MD
212-746-4509

David S. Wellman, MD
212-606-1504