Der Unfallchirurg
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The corona crisis of 2020 posed previously unknown challenges to hospitals providing acute care. In addition to the treatment of COVID-19 patients, universities and other acute care hospitals had to provide emergency medical care, including for patients undergoing trauma surgery. The challenge was that no reliable planning figures were available regarding the expected volume for such a crisis situation and therefore no reliable resource planning was possible in this respect. Therefore, the aim of this work was to record the incidence of polytrauma and other injuries during the pandemic crisis in a university trauma surgery clinic and to compare it with the years 2017-2019. ⋯ Even in exceptional situations such as the corona pandemic, there were a significant number of patients in need of acute treatment, especially polytrauma patients. This should be considered in the future in the event of similar exceptional situations in the inpatient care framework when providing trauma surgery care capacities.
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A seamless rehabilitation of polytrauma patients starting as early as possible is the primary goal in order to ensure long-term participation and quality of life. In reality, however, there is often still a large time gap between acute care and inpatient rehabilitation, the "rehab hole". The aim of the phase model of trauma rehabilitation is to ensure a complete rehabilitation chain. ⋯ It supports the trauma surgeon at the end of the acute treatment with the needs-based indications for further rehabilitation and serves as an argumentation aid to the payers of the rehabilitation. In addition to the early rehabilitation Barthel index (FRB) for assessing the need for care and mobility, other relevant characteristics are recorded. From a rehabilitation point of view, a special effort arises from an increased diagnostic and therapeutic needs, through specialist care and treatment in nonorthopedic areas, extensive wound management, pain therapy measures, the provision of aids and special psychological care for the seriously injured.
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For decades projection radiography has been the standard in the diagnostics of fractures and injuries, including patients in childhood and adolescent; however, each examination with X‑rays should also be based on an individual assessment of the benefits and risks. The pediatric traumatology section of the DGU has developed a consensus paper on various aspects of imaging for diagnostics and assessment of progression, on setting options for intraoperative imaging, on X‑ray imaging of the opposite side, on polytrauma and computed tomography (CT), on postoperative radiological checks and the use of sonography after an accident.
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Case Reports
[Successful treatment of a geriatric COVID-19 patient with severe chest trauma : An interdisciplinary case report].
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread rapidly worldwide and leads to high morbidity and mortality. Clinical experience regarding the surgical management in COVID-19 patients is limited. We report the interdisciplinary approach in a COVID-19 patient with severe thoracic trauma and pulmonary symptoms, who was admitted to the emergency unit after blunt chest trauma with dislocated serial rib fractures and concomitant hemothorax.
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Joint dislocations are always accompanied by rupture of the joint capsule. Depending on the forces exerted on the joint as well as individual bone quality, fractures (dislocation fractures) and injuries to ligaments occur. As blood vessels and nerves can also be damaged, reduction is an urgent measure. ⋯ Follow-up treatment depends on concomitant injuries, age and individual demands on joint function. Even with correct follow-up treatment, deficits often persist. This article deals with the diagnostics and treatment of dislocations of the shoulder, elbow, hip, patella and knee.