DEPARTMENT OF ORTHOPAEDICS AND TRAUMATOLOGY

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT

The Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology  provides opportunities for students to learn the latest trends in traumatology diagnosis and orthopaedic surgery. We share knowledge in various improvement courses. Our Department has strong theoretical and clinical experience, as it is a centre for the treatment of various musculoskeletal diseases and complex injuries.

Students acquire practical and theoretical skills at LSMU Hospital, the largest hospital in the Baltic States. At LSMU Hospital, the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology has two units: Orthopaedic surgery – 60 beds, and mixed trauma section – 25 beds. We have 21 orthopaedists, of which 11 have defended their doctoral degree. They perform:

• Hip, knee, ankle, shoulder and elbow endoprosthesis surgeries including primary conventional, articular renewal, minimally invasive, one-sided knee, repeated (revision) and total hip replacement.
• Arthroscopic surgery as: shoulder Bandart, Latarjet, Bristol surgery, rotator cuff, keystone dislocation reconstruction, knee anterior and posterior cruciate ligament, posterolateral and internal complex, patella instability, ankle ligament reconstruction, autologous transplantation or autologous chondrocyte transplantation, meniscus transplantation, Latissimus dorsi transposition, Osgood-Schlatter and Haglund arthroscopic resection.
• Other surgeries: Acute and poly-trauma, pseudarthroses, oncology, osteomyelitis cases, deformation correction.