Orthopedic and traumatic surgery is the specialty that treats deformities and traumas of the musculoskeletal system (skeleton, muscles, tendons and ligaments) following a road accident, a work injury, a sports injury…
Consultation with an orthopedic and traumatic surgeon is usually an emergency, but there are other reasons for consultation in cases of disabling joint pain, limitation of joint use, risk of aggravation of an injury (poorly treated fracture, risk of spontaneous fracture), painful bone deformation.
Among the injuries treated in traumatology, we can include all types of fractures, wounds of all kinds or penetrating traumas, amputations, shocks, sprains, dislocations…