Surgical Center, Accident, Restorative and Hand Surgery Division

		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