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Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology

The Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology Department is a wide-reaching department that serves people with pathologies, from the primary care level, in consultations carried out within the Department and local outpatient centres, to the most complex level of orthopaedic and traumatological pathologies. We work with all surgical techniques, and specialise in adapting the techniques we use. We can boast a long tradition and high level of prestige at all levels: local, regional, state and internationally.

The Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology service has the accreditation
Authorship: Vall d'Hebron
Creation date: 17.12.2021, 10:03
Modification date: 25.02.2020, 15:55
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Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology

Vall d’Hebron University Hospital is accredited to train six residents a year in the Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology Teaching Unit. The core Teaching Unit is provided by the Traumatology Department, with participation from Intensive Care Medicine, Vascular Surgery, Plastic Surgery and Rheumatology.

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Training itinerary for Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology

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Orthopaedic surgery and traumatology is a specialisation encompassing prevention, clinical assessment, diagnosis, surgical and non-surgical treatment, and monitoring - until a definitive functional state is re-established - of cognitive, traumatic, infectious, tumoural, metabolic and degenerative processes, and of acquired functional deformities and disorders of the musculoskeletal system and related structures.

Why specialise at Vall d’Hebron?

  • Because your rotations will include a range of services related to Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, such as: The Accident and Emergency Department, the Traumatology Intensive Care Unit,  the Plastic Surgery and Burns Unit, Vascular Surgery and Rheumatology.
  • Because you will gain knowledge of selection, appropriate use, and practice of invasive and non-invasive manual and instrument-driven procedures applied to the specialisation of orthopaedic surgery and traumatology.
  • Because you will gain pharmacological knowledge for the indication and application of pharmaceuticals in developmental changes, the forming and functioning of limbs, the spinal column and related structures.
  • Because you will be trained in physical medicine and rehabilitation.
  • Because you will have the opportunity to take part in clinical sessions and surgical planning.

Spinal column research unit

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