PEDIATRIC ORTHOPEDICS
It deals with the surgical treatment of all kinds of musculoskeletal system (bone, joint, ligament, muscle and tendon) problems in children from birth to adulthood. The most important difference that distinguishes it from adult orthopedics and traumatology is that it deals with the problems of the currently growing musculoskeletal system.
TRAUMA SURGERY
Trauma surgery is a specialist science that can be treated both operationally and without surgery to treat injuries.
It occurs in psychological problems that occur after physical traumas, such as sudden accidents due to physical impacts or injuries. Psychological traumas are also named as emotional stress disorder after counter-trauma.
Immediate trauma surgery interventions are required for fractures in the body, brain and spinal cord hemorrhages, damage to the body, disruption of the integrity of the bone and bone limbs. Coordinated studies are carried out by taking advantage of joint studies with the orthopedics department.
WHAT IS SPINE SURGERY?
Spine surgery is the department that deals with diseases related to the spine, which consists of the vertebrae and includes the spinal cord. These problems, which can be structural, functional and mechanical, can interfere with the person’s daily activities. After 6 years of medical school education, physicians who specialize in orthopedics and traumatology or in the department of brain and neurosurgery specialize in this area by taking additional training in spine surgery. Spinal cord surgeons, who work as a patient, arrange a disease and individual treatment after making the diagnosis with examinations and additional examinations made in line with the patient’s complaints. Spine surgery is mostly seen in childhood, scoliosis and kyphosis; hernia formations and degenerative disorders in adults; deals with disorders such as bone resorption in old age
HAND SURGERY
Our hands are an organ that plays an extremely effective role in our communication with body language as well as physical function, and where many complex tissues work together and in great harmony. Due to the complex structure of our hands, diseases and injuries should be evaluated in accordance with this special structure. Inappropriate treatment of many hand problems that are considered simple can cause serious consequences that will affect the quality of life of the person.
WHAT IS HAND SURGERY, WHAT ARE ITS EXPERIENCE?
Hand surgery, II. It was born with the idea that it would be ideal to have a branch that has been trained in all these subjects, instead of calling specialists from different branches for the repair of soft tissue injuries, including broken bones, nerves, tendons and veins, in Hand injuries encountered during the World War II. Hand surgery; that negatively affect the functions of the hand and the wrist, forearm, elbow and arm; It is a specialty that treats problems such as cutting or blunt traumas, congenital anomalies, overuse, infection, arthritis.
THE MOST COMMON MAJOR PROBLEMS OTHER THAN TRAUMAS ARE THE FOLLOWING
CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME
It is one of the most common health problems in the hand. Giving the sensation of the thumb and three fingers next to it; ; median & rdquo; which provides thumb functions. It is a problem that affects his nerves. As a result of the pressure on the “Carpal Tunnel” through which the median nerve passes on the wrist along with the tendons that move the fingers, “Carpal Tunnel Syndrome” develops. It manifests itself with numbness in the fingers, loss of strength and pain radiating from the forearm to the shoulder. Numbness and pain, which usually wakes up at night, can also be seen during the day from time to time. If the necessary precautions are not taken during this period, permanent damage to the nerve will occur. Afterwards, it is not possible to fully restore the hand functions and sense. Medical treatment and night splints are used initially as treatment. If adequate recovery is not achieved, surgically carpal tunnel release is applied. The pressure on the nerve is thus removed.