Director:	Prof. Dr. med. Dieter Nast-Kolb
E-Mail:	prof.nast-kolb@uk-essen.de
Sekretariat:	Karin Freitag
Phone:	+49 (0) 201-723-13 00
Fax:	+49 (0) 201-723-56 29
Homepage:	www.uni-due.de/unfallchirurgie
Deputy Director:	Prof. Dr. med. Christian Waydhas

 

Facts and Figures

Polytraumatic patients: 615

Endoprostheses of hip, knee, and shoulder joints: 131

Patients with connective and soft tissue cancers: 269

Arthroscopic joint surgeries: 190

Open and closed repositioning of fractures: 757

Hand surgeries and plastic-reconstructive surgeries: 348

 

Focus areas

Treatment of fractures and joint injuries, of bony and soft tissue tumors (both malignant and benign) of joints, bones, muscles, ligaments; treatment of joint disease, of injuries and diseases of the hand; treatment of emergencies and new injuries, and of chronic symptoms in adults and children.

Emergency department equipped with the latest technology for the admission of severely injured patients, appropriately equipped operating rooms for inpatient and outpatient surgery. Intensive care unit meeting the highest medical standards.

Optimum treatment of bony and soft tissue tumors is facilitated by the clinic?s close cooperation with leading oncological clinics and institutes of the West German Tumor Center.

 

Special consultations

• Tumors - soft tissue tumors
• Hand surgery
• Joints - knee, shoulder, ankle

 

Fields of Research

• Pathophysiology and therapy of severe trauma, including related problems such as shock and sepsis
• Clinical, cellular, and molecular aspects of ARDS and multiple organ failure
• Development of a scientific basis for medical quality management; opportunities and limitations of external quality assurance
• Development of guidelines for polytraumatic care, thrombosis prophylaxis, pain therapy

 

Number of patients

Inpatients: 1,470

Outpatients: 14,500

of which emergency patients: 8,200

of which special consultations: 6,200

 

Staff

The clinic employs 25 physicians, including 15 specialists in orthopedics and emergency surgery, hand surgery, intensive medicine, special emergency surgery; there are 77 nurses, 33% of whom have advanced specialized training in the clinics fields.