Orthopedic Surgery
Last Update Date: 9/11/2024 10:42:41 AM
Orthopedics deals with bone, joint and muscle diseases in general, while traumatology focuses on traumatic injuries, fractures and other emergencies. By combining these two fields, it deals with the diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of problems of the bone and muscular system of patients.
Which Diseases Does Orthopedics and Traumatology Treat?
The Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology deals with the diagnosis and treatment of bone, muscle, joint problems and traumatic injuries. Orthopedics and Traumatology mainly treats;
- Bone Fractures and Dislocations: Diagnosis and treatment of fractures and dislocations.
- Joint Diseases: Treatment of joint diseases such as osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis
- Spine Problems: Treatment of spinal problems such as scoliosis, spinal fractures, disc herniations.
- Muscle and Tendon Injuries: Treatment of muscle strains, tendon injuries, intramuscular bleeding.
- Sports Injuries: Treatment of sports-related injuries.
- Orthopedic Surgery: Surgical intervention of conditions requiring surgery.
- Congenital Anomalies: Treatment of congenital bone and joint anomalies.
- Rehabilitation After Trauma: Rehabilitation processes after accidents or trauma.
- Orthopedic Tumors: Dealing with bone and soft tissue tumors.
- Spinal Surgery: Surgical treatment of spinal problems such as spine surgery, spinal cord surgery.
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation: Rehabilitation and functional recovery after surgery.
Orthopedics and Traumatology at Liv Hospital
Liv Hospital Orthopedics and Traumatology Clinic, which offers a wide range of services from traumatic problems to degenerative diseases in all age groups, also provides high-level service in the health problems of many professional elite athletes.
- Knee Surgery Clinic
- Foot and Ankle Surgery Clinic
- Spine Clinic (Scoliosis)
- Shoulder Surgery Clinic
- Hip Surgery Clinic
- Hand, Wrist and Elbow Surgery
- Pediatric Orthopedics
- Athlete Health Clinic
AOSpine at Liv Hospital
AOSpine Europe in Switzerland, which works for the advanced training of spine surgeons and specialists around the world, conducts studies for the training of spine surgeons in different countries. It selects some centers with competencies in spine surgery as spine surgery training centers. AOSpine, which is a widespread and highly recognized association all over the world, makes its selections with an impartial and meticulous study. The number of cases, case diversity, multidisciplinary approach, and scientific publications of the center are taken into consideration. Spine surgeons from different countries of the world send their CVs to the AOSpine center. After the evaluation made at the AOSpine center, the CVs of these people come to the relevant center. If deemed appropriate, they come to Liv Hospital Spine Surgery Clinic for a certain period of spine surgery training. Liv Hospital Orthopedics and Traumatology Department, which forms the clinical infrastructure of "Regional Orthopedics", offers 24/7 personalized treatments with physicians specialized in hand, knee, hip, shoulder, spine and foot and ankle.
- The successful infection management rate in surgeries performed at Liv Hospital Orthopedics Department is 100 percent.
- Liv Hospital Spine Unit selected as AOSpine Training Center
- Liv Hospital Spine Surgery was selected for the first foreign fellow program of Aospine Spine Surgery Center, which is located in many European countries such as France and Germany.