Trauma

What is orthopedic trauma?

Traumatic injuries often affect musculoskeletal tissues, including muscles, bones, nerves, tendons, ligaments, and joints. The Woodlands Center for Special Surgery team treats numerous injuries stemming from accidents, playing sports, or age-related wear.

What are common traumatic injuries?

Traumatic injuries commonly treated at the Woodlands Center for Special Surgery include:

• Ligament ruptures
• Fractures
• Tendon injuries
• Dislocations
• Nerve damage
• Muscle injuries
• Joint issues
• Crushing injuries

Traumatic injuries may be severe, requiring surgery to repair damaged tissues and restore optimal function. 

What are the symptoms of an injury due to trauma?

Symptoms you may experience after trauma to your body include:

• Pain
• Numbness
• Tingling
• Weakness
• Bruising
• Swelling
• Stiffness
• Redness
• Warmth
• Tenderness
• Diminished mobility
• Decreased joint range of motion
• Visible tissue damage and deformities
• Bleeding

See a Woodlands Center for Special Surgery provider for an evaluation to determine the severity of your traumatic injury and how to best treat it. 

How are traumatic injuries treated?

Examples of traumatic injury treatments performed at the Woodlands Center for Special Surgery include:

Fracture fixation of the forearm, wrist, hand, and fingers

Fracture fixation is a surgical procedure that stabilizes broken bones to promote proper healing. Your specialist may use screws, plates, rods, or other devices to secure bones in their ideal alignment. 

Ligament rupture reconstruction

The Woodlands Center for Special Surgery offers ligament rupture reconstruction to replace or repair a torn ligament using a graft from another area of your body (or donor tissues). 

Tendon lacerations with reconstruction

Tendon reconstruction is the surgical repair of torn or severed tendons. Your surgeon reconnects torn ends of a damaged tendon, often using a graft.

Tendon grafting

Tendon grafting repairs a damaged tendon using a piece of another tendon sourced from your body or donor tissues. 

Dislocation repair

If you have a dislocated joint, the Woodlands Center for Special Surgery team offers non-surgical and surgical treatments to reposition a dislocated joint, fixing its alignment.

Nerve repair

During nerve repair, your surgeon restores the function of a severed or damaged nerve following a traumatic injury, allowing regeneration of nerve fibers and restored function. 

Wrist arthroscopy

Wrist arthroscopy is a minimally invasive procedure your surgeon uses to diagnose and repair damaged tissues (cartilage, ligaments, bone, etc.) in your wrist joint using a small scope with a camera attached. 

Which trauma treatment is right for me?

The experts at the Woodlands Center for Special Surgery determine how to best treat a traumatic injury by discussing your symptoms and how you sustained your injury. They also complete a physical exam and order nerve testing, X-rays, an MRI, a CT scan, or other diagnostic procedures to create an effective treatment plan. 

Schedule a trauma evaluation at the Woodlands Center for Special Surgery by calling the office or booking an appointment online today.