Trauma Surgery

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What is trauma surgery?  It is a sub-branch of medicine that includes surgical treatment methods that treat injuries or damages that require immediate intervention. As a result of the blows people receive, physical  trauma  can bring along psychological traumas. Psychological traumas can also be called stress disorder. Therefore,  although there are types of  trauma surgery , orthopedic trauma  surgery is a sub-branch of it.

What is Orthopedic Trauma?

Trauma is a physical injury that occurs when people's joints and tissues encounter a resistance or force that they cannot bear as a result of a physical activity or event. The most well-known of these are bone fractures, muscle injuries and conditions such as the rupture of some limbs. Since these require surgical intervention, they   are included in the orthopedic trauma branch , which is a sub-branch of  trauma surgery .

Orthopedic Trauma Symptoms

• Bruising or swelling in the area
• inability to move
• Sensibility
• Numbness in the area
• protruding bone

Orthopedic Trauma Surgeries

Damages in the arms, hands, feet, legs and spinal cord as a result of trauma  are included in the scope of orthopedic trauma  . At these points, it deals with injuries such as muscles, nerves, skeletal system, joints. Traumas resulting from such injuries  fall into the field of orthopedic trauma surgeries  . Orthopedics and traumatology  department work together by getting help from other branches when necessary.

Are Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery Different?

 The most obvious difference between  trauma surgery  and  orthopedics is that trauma surgery is a field of interest for sudden traumas. While physical traumas are related to sudden blows to the body, psychological traumas are related to situations such as sudden fear, anxiety and uneasiness in individuals.

What is Multi Trauma?

Multi-trauma, which is a type of trauma surgery, defines patients who have advanced injuries in the body and whose condition is very severe and critical.

Types of Trauma

• Penetrating trauma : Injuries caused by piercing or cutting tools are examples.
• Blunt trauma : These are traumas that are frequently encountered in traffic accidents and bring about injuries such as crushing and tearing.
• Traumas due to falling
• Traumas due to blast

Causes of Traumatic Injuries

• sports injuries
• Traffic accidents
• severe cough
• Fall
• blows