[Immediate orthopedic surgery in multiple trauma]

Harefuah. 1997 Jun 1;132(11):810-3, 823.
[Article in Hebrew]

Abstract

The increase in mortality and morbidity from multiple trauma due to road accidents, industrial trauma and combat injuries obligates treatment based on emergency systems and trauma centers. Follow-up of the frequency of different types of injury calls attention to increasing involvement of the orthopedic surgeon in primary treatment. This situation calls for appropriate deployment of immediate surgical treatment which will rapidly enable mobility. We present several methods for immediate orthopedic treatment of multiple-trauma patients.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Bone and Bones / injuries*
  • Bone and Bones / surgery*
  • Fractures, Bone / surgery
  • Humans
  • Multiple Trauma*
  • Orthopedics
  • Primary Health Care
  • Time Factors