New Insights into Orthopaedic Trauma

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue of the Journal of Clinical Medicine will focus on new insights in orthopedic trauma. The main spotlight of this issue will be on new and innovative operative techniques. Orthopedic trauma concerns the total population beginning at infancy to children over midager to the  elderly population addressing a wide range of injuries caused by accidents which are not only related to the skeletal apparatus but also soft tissue, nerves and vessels in various anatomical areas of the human body. The affected areas include the skeletal system itself, but also the large (e.g. hip joint) and small joints (ac-joint), as well as ligaments and tendons as stabilizers of the joints enabling for movement and locomotion.

In the past years, orthopedic trauma was majorly committed to the treatment of fractures, tendon and ligamentous injuries. Despite the kind of the employed treatment in terms of immobilization in a plaster cast, intramedullary nailing or performing modern locking plates osteosynthesis, the principial objectives of sufficient treatment of posttraumatic after effects has not changed in the last decades. However, there are several aspects of the various available treatment options which have significantly changed. In this context to be primarily named is the alteration of the invasiveness and anatomic approaches of the surgical techniques. Distinct progress was recorded regarding quality and application of materials and implants used for treating results of orthopedic trauma but also regarding additive materials such as inductive bone replacement materials. Also the last years entailed an improvement of the imaging equipment used pre-, intra- as well as postoperatively. Focus was also set on progressive aftercare.

Also the orthopedic trauma experts have expanded their focus, broadening their horizons in the field of customised treatment, but also in skeletal health status (such as presence of osteoporosis), pain management, use of smart implants and also regenerative medicine.

Advances in these and other areas will be presented in this Special Issue to bring the reader up to date on the newest trends and developments in orthopedic trauma. The reader is encouraged to get to know additional advances in the care of their patients, using safe new treatment methods, and also great long-term outcomes patients.

Prof. Dr. Chlodwig M. Kirchhoff
Guest Editor

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• trauma
• orthopedics
• joint surgery
• shoulder
• elbow
• cartilage
• arthroplasty