Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology

About the Observatory

The Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology Service deals with the surgical treatment of pathologies of the locomotor system of
the adult, excluding surgical pathology of the spine and oncological pathology.

  • Date of update 10/05/2023

Head of Service

  • Felix Castillo Garcia

    orthopedic surgery

    Head of Service

Members
  • Camila Chanes Puiggros

    orthopedic surgery

    specialist doctor

  • Oscar Escudero Gonzalez

    orthopedic surgery

    specialist doctor

  • Juan Manuel Morell Luque

    orthopedic surgery

    specialist doctor

  • Carlos Xavier Rojas Cuotto

    orthopedic surgery

    specialist doctor

  • Maria Concepcion Castro Alvarez

    orthopedic surgery

    specialist doctor

In this section appear the professionals of the Integral Health Consortium who have authorized the display of their personal data.

  • Date of update 10/05/2023

Units and benefits

Outpatient assistance to external consultations
  • Visits
  • Control and monitoring of all orthopedic surgery patients
  • Care room
  • Transits
Surgical assistance
  • Conventional hospitalization
    • Control and follow-up of all patients who underwent orthopedic surgery and who required admission due to the complexity of the case.
    • Rico Program in prosthetic surgery.
  • Surgery unit without admission
Urgent assistance

Support to the Emergency Service and primary care emergency centers (CUAP) in the mornings.

Surgical procedures included

Orthopedic surgery of the lower limb

  • hip
    • Primary prosthetic surgery:
      • Cemented total arthroplasty
      • Uncemented total arthroplasty
      • Cover prosthesis
    • Ischemic necrosis of the femoral head (early stages)
    • Hip arthroscopy
  • knee
    • Primary prosthetic surgery
      • Total arthroplasty
      • Unicompartmental arthroplasty
    • Realignment osteotomies
    • Arthroscopic surgery
      • Meniscectomy
      • meniscal suture
    • Osteochondritis (microfractures, mosaicoplasty)
    • Anterior/posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction plasty
  • ankle
    • Arthroscopic surgery
      • Osteochondritis
      • Ankle instability
    • Subtalar arthrodesis (arthroscopic and conventional surgery)
    • Triple arthrodesis (arthroscopic and conventional surgery)
    • Ankle arthroplasty
  • Some
    • Hallux valgus/stiff
      • Percutaneous surgery
      • Conventional surgery
    • Deformities of the toes
    • Metatarsalgia
      • Percutaneous surgery
      • Conventional surgery
    • Adult flat foot

 

Orthopedic surgery of the upper limb

  • elbow
    • Insertion diseases
    • Entrapment neuropathy
    • Elbow arthroscopy
    • Elbow arthroplasty
  • Wrist/Carp
    • Entrapment neuropathies
    • Wrist arthropathies (partial/total arthrodesis)
    • de Quervain's tenosynovitis
    • Wrist arthroscopy (resection of the synovial ganglion, instabilities, etc.)
  • But
    • Dupuytren's disease
    • Rhizarthrosis (suspension arthroplasty, TMC prostheses)
    • Fingers on the trigger
    • Rheumatic hand
    • Arthroscopy of small joints
  • shoulder
    • Subacromial syndrome and rotator cuff pathology
    • Acromioplasty and arthroscopic sutures
      • Shoulder instability
      • Shoulder arthroplasty

 

Traumatology

Surgical treatment of all types of fractures of both the upper and lower extremity, using the newest techniques, such as arthroscopy to control the reduction of joint fractures.

  • Date of update 10/05/2023

Teaching

Collaboration agreement with the Hospital Clínic (Fellowship Program). Shoulder and wrist arthroscopy.
Center accredited by the SECMA in the training program in: “Spanish Diploma in Hand Surgery DECIM”

  • Date of update 10/05/2023