Trauma surgery
The trauma surgery deals with the surgical and conservative methods for restoring and maintaining damaged by accidents structures ( organ system and musculoskeletal system ) of man. Injuries affect primarily the musculoskeletal system ( the bony skeleton and muscles, ligaments and tendons ), but also abdominal and thoracic organs, and the brain and spinal cord. In this case, the treatment of children in the pediatric traumatology because of the special conditions in the growing organism, a special sub-discipline dar. Due to the similarity of the treatment process to treat trauma surgeons and bone fractures, which are due to tumor disease, ie pathological fractures.
As a first instance of trauma surgery patient receives the emergency room with injuries ( " emergency " ) and stabilizes it to allow further medical treatments.
Founder
Lorenz Böhler applies alongside Martin Kirschner, Gerhard Kiintscher Ludwig Rehn, Carl Thiem, Heinrich Bürkle de la Camp and others as one of the main initiators and pioneers of modern trauma surgery.
Common injuries
- Fractures: distal radius fracture
- Humeral shaft fracture
- Femoral neck fracture
- Trochanteric fracture of the femur
- Ankle Fracture
- Außenbandruptur of the upper ankle
- Anterior cruciate ligament
- Seitenbandruptur the thumb ( skier's thumb )
- Acromioclavicular dislocation ( ACG explodes them Tossy, bands blasting).
Because of the similar treatment also joint replacement operations such as hip and knee joint prostheses are often performed by trauma surgeons, but the indication compared to orthopedics is different.
Merging Traumatology and Orthopedics
The areas of orthopedic surgery and traumatology overlap to the extent that a merger of the Subjects was carried out by the professional organizations. Since 2005 there is a common specialist in orthopedics and trauma surgery.
This is also a result of European harmonization, there was only limited tradition in Austria and Germany a separation between orthopedic and trauma surgery. In addition, there are some traditional university clinics separate departments, as in Edinburgh, Leuven or Zurich. Often there are orthopedic clinics outside the actual university hospital, and are made up of former cripple institutions, such as, emerged in Zurich, or former tuberculosis institutions, such as in Leuven or on the Alpe pride in Styria. On the other hand, there are the trauma surgery departments with their polytrauma through the main site.