Trauma and Fracture Treatment Options
Minimally invasive surgery
Our surgeons at UPMC Orthopaedic Care are experts at acting fast in emergencies.
They use innovative minimally invasive methods and computer-navigated tools to treat traumatic orthopaedic injuries.
Joint replacement
Our orthopaedic trauma team also offers joint replacement surgery for acute and post-traumatic arthritic conditions.
To ensure you receive complete care, we also work with other UPMC specialists such as:
- General trauma surgeons
- Plastic surgeons
- Internal medicine specialists
- Physical therapists
Other bone fracture treatment options
Our surgeons fix thousands of broken bones, fractures, and other conditions.
They also perform more complex surgical procedures including:
- Arthroplasty — surgical repair of joints.
- Microvascular surgery —reconstructing delicate blood vessels and nerves.
- Living tissue transplant and reconstruction
- Limb reattachment
- Vascularized bone transplants — replacing crushed bone with bone from the fibula, a bone in the lower leg.