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Injuries

A sudden, uncontrolled movement during sports or a fall from a bicycle onto hard asphalt—and just like that, it’s happened. Injuries are commonplace and can affect the entire musculoskeletal system, including bones, muscles, joints, cartilage, and tendons. Internal organs and the skin can also be damaged by injuries, accidents, and burns.

The globally recognized ICD-10 diagnostic classification system summarizes the spectrum of injuries caused by external factors and poisonings in Chapter XIX, under codes S00 through T98. This also includes complications arising from implanted endoprostheses, such as the loosening of a knee prosthesis or an infection of an artificial hip joint.

Specialists in the treatment of injuries and the consequences of accidents are medical specialists with surgical training, as injuries generally require surgical intervention. Trauma surgeons and sports traumatologists are experts in injuries to the musculoskeletal system and complications involving endoprostheses. Visceral surgeons treat internal injuries; depending on the affected area of the body, there are specialized liver and biliary surgeons or gastrointestinal surgeons. Brain injuries require the specialized expertise and delicate touch of a neurosurgeon. Learn more here about all types of acute injuries and find a specialist on Leading Medicine Guide whom you can contact directly!

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