ORTHOPEDICS SERVICE
ACCESS TO THE CLINIC: Our
service is on the C block, 3rd floor. It consists of two separate corridors and
consists of a total of 40 beds.
STAFF INFORMATION: Our
hospital provides services with 8 orthopedics specialist and 20 nurses.
Services Provided by Our Orthopedics
and Traumatology Clinic:
• Sports injuries, knee
arthroscopy
• Surgical treatment of
fractures, osteosynthesis
• Delayed union,
nonunion, pseudoarthrosis operations
• Foot surgeries, hallux
valgus, hallux rigidus
• Carpal tunnel syndrome,
peripheral nerve entrapment, tunnel syndromes
• Congenital anomalies
• Hand surgeries
(Emergency hand injuries, Replantation, tissue repairs)
• Knee, hip, shoulder
prosthesis surgeries
• Treatment of rheumatic
diseases
• Treatment of bone and
soft tissue tumors
• Arm and leg deformity
surgeries
• Repair of achilles
tendon rupture
Arthroplasty is another
name for joint prosthesis. It is usually applied to remove the damage caused by
age and trauma to the joints from the cartilaginous structure and to allow the
person's daily activity to continue without any problems. The knee and hips are
where the most joint damage are done, however; prosthesis can also be applied
to shoulders, elbows, ankles and fingers. After the arthroplasty operations,
the patient's ability to move is improved thanks to removal of joint pain.
Knee prosthesis is a
joint between the knee, thigh and tibia, which is protected by a knee cap on
the front, allowing the knee to move easily. The bone surfaces in the joint are
covered with joint cartilage. Ligaments that are fixed structures that stick to
both tibia are the main structures that fix the knee joint. Tendons are
structures that have one end attached to the bone and the other end attached to
the muscles and transmit the muscle movement to the bone. With these muscles,
one can manage the knee movements such as running, walking, climbing stairs. Knee
prosthesis is recommended as a good option if the knee that starts to get
damaged with age and trauma does not respond to exercise, medication, intra-articular knee injectionand physical therapy. The knee prosthesis is the reconstruction of the
joint surfaces of the three bones in the knee. Damage done to the knee can be
easily seen with preoperative examination. The surgery can be done with
peripheral nerve block, spinal, epidural or general anesthesia. The operation
time is 1.5 hours on average, depending on the age of the person and the size
of the damage done to the knee. It is very important to provide infection
control so that the prosthesis can function properly after the surgery. For
this reason, you should be very careful about the medications you will use
after the surgery, your physician's prescribed exercises, and your healthy
weight.
Hip Prostheses, hip
joints are the joints where prosthetic surgeries are most commonly applied. Hip
prostheses are applied to the cartilaginous bone tumors, hip fractures,
deterioration of hip joint cartilage, and cartilage abrasion mostly caused by
osteolysis. The most important complaint is pain. Symptoms such as shortening
of walking distance due to pain, difficulty in wearing shoes or socks,
shortening of the leg may also be seen.
Arthroscopic surgery may
be an option for disorders regarding over-stretching of the knees, carrying
more weight than the knees are able to, disrupting the general health of the
knees and injuring structures such as meniscus, cross ligament injuries , damaging
the articular cartilage or capsules, early knee osteoarthritis, intraarticular
inflammation, thickening of the joint membrane and intraarticular fractures. If
these problems limit your movement, or if your complaints continue even though
you are in medication or physical therapy to prevent swelling, it can be
treated by closed surgery called arthroscopic surgery.
The carpal tunnel is a
narrow passage of bones and ligaments in the middle of the wrist. The median
nerve that allows movement and feeling on the second and third fingers together
with the thumb passes along with the tendons from this channel. If the ligament
covering this channel widens and swells, it can cause numbness, tingling,
weakness or pain in the first 3 fingers of the hand by compressing the median
sinus in the narrow and hard carpal tunnel. Even though you have taken all the
precautions, excessive repetition of movements or excessive strain on your wrists
may make your symptoms worse and may require surgery. Pain, numbness and
tingling can spread to the arm and shoulder. If you are not treated, over time,
it can turn to a myolsis in your thumb. Usually under local anesthesia, the
ligament above the carpal tunnel is cut to reduce the pressure.