Sometimes an injury doesn’t improve with traditional measures, in this case, your doctor may suggest surgery. The orthopedic consultant performs:
- Joint replacement– The joint replacement procedure involves replacing the parts of a joint that are damaged or injured, usually secondary to arthritis. For example, knee replacement and hip replacement surgeries.
- Internal fixation- Internal fixation includes the positioning of hardware such as screws, plates, and rods to help to hold the broken bones in the right place while they’re healing.
- Fusion- This requires using bone graft material and some form of internal fixation to join two bones together. As the bone tissue heals, then it fuses into one bone. This methodology is frequently used in neck and spine surgery.
- Osteotomy- Osteotomy is a surgery that involves cutting a part of a specific bone and then repositioning it.
- Soft tissue repair- In this kind of surgery, they are used to repair injured muscles, ligaments, or tendons.