When to go see an orthopedic surgeon?

What is the definition of orthopedics?

Orthopedics is a surgical specialty that is interested in diagnosis and medical and surgical management Diseases of the musculoskeletal system, that is to say bones, joints, ligaments, muscles, tendons and nerves. It thus covers trauma issues (Fractures, sprains, over-concern of the sportsman) or chronic (mechanical pain, osteoarthritis, scoliosis) But also the deformations of the limbs or fingers, or certain ligament problems.

What is the role of an orthopedic surgeon?

In the vast domain of orthopedics, we can see the orthopedic surgeonspecialist in members surgery, and The orthopedist-highsistwhich makes orthotics or prostheses. The orthopedic surgeon is a doctor specialized in preventive and restorative surgery of the locomotor system. Namely bones, joints, cartilage and other soft tissues, including ligaments and muscles. “We will be able to relieve pain or functional pain caused by an accident, illness, congenital malformation or by a lesion of sports or professional origin”, explains Doctor Amélie Rogier de Mare, pediatric orthopedic surgeon at the Marcel clinic sees in Boulogne-Billancourt. Currently, its activity is divided between the orthopedic (plaster, atèle, rehabilitation) and surgical treatment.

What does an orthopedic surgeon treat?

He treats all the problems of the lower limbs (hip, knee and foot), upper limbs (shoulder, elbow and hand) and the spine (spine). “Eno more of the treatment of dislocations, fractures, sprains which can happen by accident, the orthopedic surgeon supports inflammatory or infectious, inflammatory or infectious pathologies growth anomalies and even congenital malformations “, Add the doctor.

When to go see an orthopedic surgeon?

Many conditions enter the field of orthopedic surgeon, in particular:

• sprains;
• fractures;
• dislocations;
• hernies discs;
• bone tumors;
• growth anomalies, such as scoliosis or cyphosis;
• Or the consequences of infectious or inflammatory diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis.

“The child patient can come directly to see an orthopedic surgeon, without being sent by his attending physician or being recommended by his doctor or the school doctor who will have detected a problem during a screening exam” continues Dr. Rogier de Mare. “The adult patient must however be sent by his attending physician or the emergency department.” Depending on the symptoms and examinations that could have been done before, the orthopedic surgeon will have two options:

• On the one hand, a non-surgical treatment (taking medication, infiltration, atèle, making soles, rehabilitation sessions, etc.);
• on the other, surgery. In this second case, the doctor will clearly expose the dangers, risks, difficulties and terms of the surgery he will practice.

Prepare your visit to the orthopedic surgeon

Upstream of the visit, it is important to bring together recent prescriptions, the list of all the drugs taken and for what reasons, and any radiographs, scanners or MRI carried out.

Price and refund of a consultation in orthopedics

The price of a consultation of a liberal surgeon-variere varies from 50 to 100 euros. The reimbursement base is € 23, the supplement is the responsibility of the patient or his mutual. “The price of surgical interventions can go up to 800 euros of exceeding for” equine bot boot “surgery and from 300 to 500 euros for a thumb malformation. In all cases, a quote is delivered during the operating decision”, Ensures the specialist.

What studies to become an orthopedist or orthopedic surgeon?

The orthopedic surgeon is a specialized doctor, who must perform at least 13 years of study. To know:

• Pass a baccalaureate with mainly scientific specialties (math, SVT …)
• Successful the first year of medicine competition to enter externat;
• Succeed in the 6th year medicine competition and be well placed enough to be able to choose the specialty surgery in boarding school;
• During the 5 years of his boarding school, the student must:
• Make a memory;
• Make 10 semesters of 6 months in general surgery and specialized surgery;
• At the end of his boarding school, the intern must support a thesis on his specialty so that the title of surgeon is recognized.
• He must then make 2 years of specialization post -boarding in the specialty he chose to become an orthopedic surgeon.

Carried out in collaboration with Doctor Amélie Rogier de Mare, pediatric orthopedic surgeon at the Marcel Seveat clinic in Boulogne Billancourt (92).