Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery
Nature of the work
Trauma and orthopaedic surgery deals primarily
with injuries, congenital and acquired disorders of the bones, and
joints and their associated soft tissues, including ligaments,
nerves and muscles.
Working in trauma and orthopaedic surgery
Most consultants contribute to an emergency
trauma workload dealing with bony and soft tissue injuries admitted
through their local A & E departments. The vast majority of
trauma and orthopaedic surgeons also have a specialist elective
interest in orthopaedic conditions, often based on an anatomical
region of the body including the following:
- lower limb joint reconstruction (hip and knee replacements and
associated procedures)
- hip surgery
- knee surgery (bony and soft tissue)
- ankle and foot
- upper limb (shoulder and elbow)
- upper limb (hands)
- spine
- bone tumour surgery
- the surgery of childhood
- rheumatoid surgery
- complex trauma surgery.
Some of these surgeons have very highly
specialised practices in one of these areas and a few do not take
part in general trauma surgery.
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