Surgical Center, Accident, Restorative and Hand Surgery Division

Prof. Dr. Helmuth Forst  
Chief physician   Prof Dr. Edgar Mayr
Executive senior physician  Dr. Joachim Maurer
   
Phone   +49 (0) 821-400-2651
Fax     +49 (0) 821-400-3313 (chief secretariat of clinic)
E-mail     edgar.mayr@klinikum-augsburg.de
   

1. Medical service portfolio

Specific accident surgery – reconstructive surgery – hand surgery – foot surgery – orthopedic surgery – sports traumatology and arthroscopic surgery – physical therapy

 



2. Specific main focuses of medical care

  • Complete accident-surgical care of patients including multiple and multiply injured persons by open, closed (minimally-invasive), operative (osteosynthesis), and conservative methods
  • Medical care of injuries of the hands including amputation injuries, reconstructive hand surgery in cases of malformations and acquired diseases
  • Orthopedic surgery with joint replacement at hip, knee, and shoulder joints
  • Diagnostic and therapeutic joint endoscopy of the large joints (knee, shoulder, wrist, ankle joint, hip)
  • Complex pelvis injuries
  • Injuries of the spinal column (open and endoscopic, including vertebral body replacement and kyphoplastic)
  • Children’s traumatology
  • Injuries and defective positions at the foot
  • Injuries and degenerative changes at the shoulder
  • Sports injuries
  • Injuries at the knee joint including ligament replacement plastics and care of complex injuries of the osseous and ligamentary structures
  • Injuries and changes at the soft tissues (tendons, ligaments, bursa)
  • Oncologic surgery at the musculoskeletal system
  • Treatment of bone and soft tissue infections
  • Correction of congenital and accident-caused defective positions, pseudoarthroses, bone defects and length differences of the extremities
  • Accreditation for the insured-type-procedure by the accident prevention & insurance associations (severe occupational accidents)
  • Physiotherapeutic treatment


3. Further services offered

  • Continuous manning of the emergency ward with accident-surgically experienced physician (medical specialist)
  • Special consultation hours (children, shoulder, spinal column, foot, knee, occupational accidents)
  • Consultation hours for specific accident surgery
  • Patients’ information material
  • Periodical advanced professional training events for
  • General practitioners and medical specialists (“Accident-surgical Wednesday”)
  • Assistant doctors in advanced professional training as surgeons
  • Medical specialists in advanced professional training as accident surgeons
  • Accident surgeons (“spoilt for choice”)
  • Patients