Orthopedics
The Department of Orthopedics at Salus Hospital deals with the diagnosis and treatment of osteo-articular (locomotor) pathologies, with particular reference to the surgical treatment of degenerative and traumatic articular diseases. Salus has state-of-the-art equipment and apparatus for a fair and efficient diagnosis of orthopedic pathologies and for performing diagnostic and operative endoscopic methods.
Treated pathologies include:
- Knee surgery
- Prosthetic surgery
- Shoulder surgery
- Foot surgery
- Hand surgery
Types of Surgery:
- LCA anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
- Meniscectomy
- Sewing meniscus
- Pathology of synovial fluid
- Cartilage pathology through microperformations and chondroabrasions (cartilage repair intervention)
- Articular prosthesis (cochlear-femoral articulation prosthesis)
- Knee arthrosis (total and monocomponent prosthesis)
- Review of prosthetic (cocco-femoral) and knee implants
- Placement of reconstructive dentures (prosthetic revision) in case of tumors of the kidney and knee
- Prosthesis of Femoral Neck Fractures (Traumatological Cases)
- Osteotomy of the tibia
- Shoulder Denture (Total or Partial)
- Ankle Prosthesis
- Degenerative pathology of rotator cuff
- Shoulder instability (habitual humerus head rest and other instabilities)
- Halux Valgus
- Metatarsal pain syndromes
- The trauma of the sole
- Pediatric flat foot (Dystaban)
- Hammer fingers
- Dupuytren’s disease
- Deformities of the congenital and acquired fingers over time
- Tarsal tunnel syndrome
- Foot surgery is performed using mini invasive techniques
- Post-traumatic or degenerative ankle cartilage pathology
- Ankle surgery is performed using arthroscopic techniques
- Hand and arm surgery
- Degenerative pathology of the bones and wrist and ankle articulations (rhythm, arthritic and rheumatoid arthritis, etc.).
- Surgery of the Peripheral Nervous System (carpal tunnel syndrome, ulnar elbow compression and Guyon canal compression).
- Inflammatory and degenerative pathology of locomotor apparatus