Trauma Surgery & Sport Traumatology

Trauma surgery deals with the treatment of all types of accident consequences. We treat injuries to the extremities and the trunk of the body, including the spine and skull. These include skin and soft tissue injuries, bone fractures, complex joint injuries, ligament injuries and spinal injuries, both with and without spinal cord injury. Depending on the severity of the injury, we decide whether conservative or surgical treatment of the patient is necessary.

The Department of Trauma Surgery and Sports Traumatology at St. Vinzenz Hospital functions as a modern service centre with a team of around 80 employees. Around 30,000 outpatients and an additional 4,500 inpatients are treated here every year.

Together with the Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, patients also receive interdisciplinary care in the intensive care units.

The outpatient area includes:

• Shock room: Life-saving emergency measures are carried out here for seriously injured people.
• Fresh injury initial examination area: for the initial assessment and treatment of patients.
• Accident X-ray area: for diagnostic imaging (X-ray, sonography, computer tomography, magnetic resonance imaging)
• Plaster room: for the conservative treatment and aftercare of soft tissue injuries and fractures
• Check-up area: for clinical and radiological follow-up examinations