Traumatology and orthopaedic surgery / Services
Being responsible for the treatment of accident casualties, the department of traumatology covers the entire acute traumatology including fractures, soft parts and joint surgery.
The hospital is a 'Level 1-Trauma- Centre' according to the regulations of the employer's liability insurance association. Treatment is guaranteed by 24-hour cover by a resident who is backed up by an assistant medical director. Furthermore, there is a stand-by team for emergency operations at all times.
In addition, many planned operative corrections of the locomotor apparatus are performed in the department of orthopaedic surgery. The results of theses operations are continually compared to the results of other hospitals since the department takes part in a programme for quality control. Treatment and care on outpatient basis is organised in close collaboration with the regional general practitioners.
Main focuses:
The entire traumatology
- Polytrauma
- Spine injuries
- Pelvic injuries
- Injuries of the extremities
- Joint surgery
- Paediatric traumatology
Neurotraumatology
- Head injuries with epi- and subdural haematoma
- Spine injuries with neurological disorders
Hand surgery
- Emergency treatment (factures, injured sinews, nerves and vessels)
- Elective operations (carpal tunnel syndrome, Dupuytren's contraction, ganglion)
Sudeck's syndrome
- Corrective operations of malpositions and accident effects of the extremities
- Axial corrections (genu valgum (knock-knee), genu varum (bandy leg), rotational malposition)
- Distraction of bony callus for the treatment of defects and the elongation of extremities
Spine surgery
- Minimal-invasive treatment of osteoporosis by erection of collapsed vertebral bodies through balloons and bone cement
- Surgery for metastases via internal stabilisation (fixateur interne)
- Substitution of vertebral bodies
Orthopaedic surgery
- Hip-, knee- and shoulder joint endoprostheses cemented as well as cement-free, auto transfusion possible
- Exchange of endoprostheses
- Corrective surgery of forefoot deformities (hallux valgus, hammer toes, claw toes)
- Joint stiffness (arthrodeses)
- Treatment of sport injuries
- Arthroscopic surgery of major joints with meniscal reconstruction
- Reconstruction of ligaments (anterior and posterior cruciate ligament)
- Reconstruction of capsules and sinews of the shoulder, the elbow and the ankle joint
- Bone-cartilage transplantation (OATS)
- Treatment of accidents at work
- expert opinion on accidents at work for the evalutation of earning capacity
