Christopher A. Makarewich, MD

Academic Departments Orthopaedics - Instructor

• Quality, Safety and Value Initiatives
• Limb Lengthening
• Guided Growth
• Congenital Pseudarthrosis of the Tibia
• Pediatric Orthopaedic Trauma

Fellowship Sinai Hospital, Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopaedics
Limb lengthening and reconstruction
Fellow

Fello
wship Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
Fellow

Residency University of Utah
Orthopaedic Surgery
Resident

Professional Medical Dartmouth Medical School
MD/BSC

Undergraduate Colby College
Concentration in Environmental Science
B.A. (Hons)

Journal Article

1. Makarewich CA, Talwar D, Baldwin KD, Swarup I (2020). Flexible Intramedullary Nailing of Femoral Shaft Fractures in Children Weighing ≥40 kg: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. J Pediatr Orthop, 40(10), 562-568.
2. Hughes MS, Swarup I, Makarewich CA, Williams BA, Talwar D, Cahill PJ, Flynn JM, Anari JB (2019). Expert Consensus for Early Onset Scoliosis Surgery. J Pediatr Orthop, 40(7), e621-e628.
3. Makarewich CA, Swarup I, Davidson RS (2020). A simple approach for determining tendon limb length in open Achilles lengthening: technical note. J Pediatr Orthop B, 29(4), 359-362.
4. Williams BA, Makarewich CA, Montoya-Williams DC, Krakow A, Lioy J, Horn BD (2020). Epidemiology and management of appendicular fractures occurring in neonatal intensive care patients. (Epub ahead of print) Acta Paediatr.
5. Makarewich CA, Herzenberg JE, McClure PK (2020). Latest Advances in Limb Lengthening Using Magnetically Controlled Intramedullary Lengthening Nails. Surg Technol Int, 36, 404-411.
6. Makarewich CA, Stotts AK, Yoo M, Nelson RE, Rothberg DL (2019). Inpatient Versus Outpatient Treatment of Gartland Type II Supracondylar Humerus Fractures: A Cost and Safety Comparison. J Pediatr Orthop, 40(5), 211-217.
7. Rothberg DL, Makarewich CA (2019). Fat Embolism and Fat Embolism Syndrome. J Am Acad Orthop Surg, 27(8), e346-e355.
8. Makarewich CA, Anderson MB, Gililland JM, Pelt CE, Peters CL (2018). Ten-year survivorship of primary total hip arthroplasty in patients 30 years of age or younger. Bone Joint J, 100-B(7), 867-874.
9. Makarewich CA, Lang P, Hutchinson DT (2017). Digital Ischemia After Application of Self-Adherent Elastic Wrap Dressing: A Case Series. Pediatrics, 141(1).
10. Wylie JD, Makarewich CA, Working ZM, Jacobson L, Schmidt RL, Crim JR, Burks RT (2017). Findings Associated With Knee Pathology on MRI in Patients Without Osteoarthritis. J Am Acad Orthop Surg, 25(11), 780-786.
11. Montanez A, Makarewich CA, Burks RT, Henninger HB (2016). The Medial Stitch in Transosseous-Equivalent Rotator Cuff Repair: Vertical or Horizontal Mattress? Am J Sports Med, 44(9), 2225-30.
12. Makarewich CA, Hutchinson DT (2016). Tendon Transfers for Combined Peripheral Nerve Injuries. Hand Clin, 32(3), 377-87.
13. Makarewich CA, Dwyer KW, Cantu RV (2015). Severe neurologic manifestations of fat embolism syndrome in a polytrauma patient. Am J Orthop, 44(1), E25-8.

News Articles

My Child Has One Leg That’s Shorter Than the Other, Can This Be Treated?

Leg length discrepancies are the result of one leg growing faster or slower than the other. This can be caused by many different things and is generally grouped into two categories: acquired or congenital.