What is Orthopedics?

Orthopedics is a branch of general surgery that examines and deals with the treatment of deterioration in organs such as muscles, joints, bones, nerves and tendons that allow the body to move and the complaints that develop accordingly.

Which Diseases Does Orthopedics Deal with?

Orthopedics was first created for the treatment of congenital disabilities, and in later periods, it was further developed and emerged as a branch of medical science that includes the treatment of many injuries and disorders that occur. Our country is among the most preferred countries in the treatment of orthopedic diseases.

Orthopedic Diseases and Treatments:

Developmental or Congenital Orthopedic Diseases:
Examples of these include clubfoot, hip dislocation or dislocation and lumbar curvature (scoliosis), leg inequality

Sports and Exercise Related Injuries:
Meniscus tears and injuries, muscle strains, ligament injuries

All injuries related to the skeletal system:
Tendon injuries, fractures and dislocations

Disorders Occurring in the Arms or Legs:
Pinched nerve, tennis elbow and trigger finger

Age-related joint complaints:
Back, hip, shoulder, elbow, knee and ankle arthritis

Apart from all these, other diseases and complaints handled by orthopedics are as follows:

• Bone Resorption (Osteoperosis, Osteoperosis)
• Lumbar Hernia
• Neck Hernia
• Rheumatic pain and complaints
• Flat-footedness
• Feet tucked in
• Treatment
• In the treatment of diseases in orthopedics, which is an extremely broad branch, depending on the condition of the patient, the level of progression of the complaints, medication or physical therapy may be applied or, in more advanced cases, surgical intervention may be used. Prosthesis can be applied when necessary.

Branches of Orthopedics

Pediatric Orthopedics: Orthopedics covers surgical interventions such as congenital deformities and hip dislocation, clubfoot and dwarfism, which are mostly seen in children.

Hand Surgery: It covers traumas occurring in the hand and wrist, elbow and forearm and diseases related to this area.

Foot Surgery: It covers problems and disorders related to the foot and ankle.

Arthroplasty: It deals with joint disorders and diseases.

Spine Surgery: It deals with the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of trauma, tumors, mindlessness, chyme and infections occurring in the spine.

Oncologic Orthopedics: It is the branch of orthopedics that deals with tumors arising from conditions related to the musculoskeletal system or spreading from other environments in the body.

Deformity Surgery: A branch of orthopedics that deals with congenital or acquired deformities.

Arthroscopic Surgery: It intervenes by entering through small holes with the help of a camera without opening the joints during surgical intervention. It generally includes joint mouse removal, meniscus and cruciate ligament surgery.

Treatment in Turkey

In addition to surgical intervention, physical therapy has an extremely important place in orthopedic complaints. There is no requirement to be examined by our doctors in the first place for a treatment offer in Turkey. If you send us all your documents such as reports, epicrisis, films, etc., using the form on our website, your documents will be viewed by our specialist doctors and you will be informed in detail about your treatment as soon as possible.