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TRAUMATOLOGY
Department of Traumatology
Head of Department: Prof. Dr. László Hangody
Tutor: Dr. Tamás Gál
Type of subject: Mandatory
credit points: 4
Curriculum Year: 2012/2013.
First Semester
Lectures (2 hours per week) Practice (2 hours per week)
Purpose of subject:
Traumatology as a specialty deals with the treatment of injured patients, independent of the
injured organ, patient’s age or previous diseases. In developed countries, the 4-5th leading cause
of death is injury, while in the actively working population, the rate of death is even higher.
Morbidity in children and in the elderly is also high. For this reason, the understanding of anatomy,
physics, general surgery, neurology, radiology, and the clinical subjects (ENT, ophthalmology,
urology), as well as physiology are prerequisites for the foundation of this subject. Traumatology
treatment for the most part deals with extremity surgery in correlation to orthopedics, however
cranial, thoracal, abdominal, spinal and pelvic injuries as well as the treatment of polytraumatized
patients also belong to the field of trauma care.
Syllabus (weekly schedule):
General Traumatology
1. Patient history, physical examination
2. Non-invasive and invasive instrumental examinations
3. Soft tissue damage, bone-joint injuries
4. Injury mechanisms and classifications
5. Pelvic and lower extremity injuries
6. Conservative fracture treatment methods
7. Identification and treatment of complications
8. Legal and medical insurance aspects of health care
9. Rehabilitation (physical therapy)
Specific Traumatology
1. Cranial injuries (facial and skull)
2. Spinal injuries
3. Shoulder and upper extremity injuries
4. Hand injuries
5. Pelvic and lower extremity injuries
6. Body cavity injuries (thoracal, abdominal, pelvic)
7. Polytrauma
8. Sport trauma, arthroscopic surgery
9. Reconstructive surgery, arthroplasty
SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY / FACULTY OF MEDICINE
Faculty of Medicine
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