Orthopedics and Orthopedic Trauma
Orthopedics is the branch of medicine that deals with diagnosing, treating, and preventing disorders of the musculoskeletal system. The musculoskeletal system includes the bones, joints, muscles, tendons, and ligaments. Our orthopaedic specialists treat a wide variety of conditions, including:
- Musculoskeletal trauma: This includes injuries such as fractures, dislocations, and sprains.
- Spine diseases include conditions such as scoliosis, disc degeneration, and spinal stenosis.
- Infections include infections of the bones, joints, and soft tissues.
- Tumors: This includes tumors of the bones, joints, and soft tissues.
- Congenital disorders: This includes disorders that are present at birth, such as clubfoot and hip dysplasia.
Orthopaedic Treatment Options Include:
- Surgery: Surgery is often necessary to treat fractures, dislocations, and other serious injuries.
- Non-surgical treatment: This includes physical therapy, medications, and bracing.
- Joint replacement: Joint replacement is a surgical procedure that replaces a damaged joint with an artificial one!
Basic Plan of Care:
- A review of the patient’s medical records
- Diagnostic testing
- Recommended treatment options presented and discussed
- Intraoperative neuromonitoring (ONM)
- Post-surgical procedure rehabilitation and care
Advantages of Using our Hospital partners for your Orthopaedic needs:
- All our Israeli and Austrian partners have a highly advanced orthopaedic and traumatology treatment centre.
- Sheba Medical Center, AKH, and Wiener Privatklinik are proud to have some of the world’s foremost orthopaedic experts on staff.
- The orthopaedics departments of our hospitals see tens of thousands of patients a year.
- The cost of treatment, surgery, and rehabilitation at our partner hospitals is significantly lower than elsewhere in Europe and the United States.