Trauma and Orthopaedic Patient Information leaflets

Trauma and Orthopaedics

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust produces a wide range of patient information leaflets which give details on treatments and procedures which are carried out at this trust.

Listed here are all our leaflets related to Trauma and Orthopaedics.

Leaflets

Ankle

Ankle Arthroscopy

Ankle Avulsion Fracture

Ankle Fracture – Weber A

Ankle Fracture – Weber B

Ankle Soft Tissue Injury

Medial Malleolus Fracture

Arm

Midshaft Humerus Fracture

Child

Care of a child following an Arthroscopy and/or Menisectomy – advice for parents/carers/guardians

Care of a child following plaster of paris cast – advice for parents/carers/guardians

Caring for your child in a Hip Spica – Advice for Parents/Guardians

Paediatric Serial Casting for Toe walking

Elbow

Elbow dislocation

Elbow Soft Tissue Injury

Fractured Coronoid Process

Proximal Radius Fracture (requiring further X-Ray)

Proximal Radius Fracture (undisplaced)

Foot

Avulsion Fracture of the Foot

Brostrom Operation

Fracture of the Foot (for review)

Fracture of the Foot (self-management)

Fracture of the Foot (toe weight bearing and review)

Fracture of the Foot (undisplaced)

Fracture of the mid-shaft of the 5th metatarsal (for review)

Fracture of the mid-shaft of the 5th metatarsal (self-management)

Preparing for foot and ankle surgery

Rheumatoid Forefoot Reconstruction

Scarf Osteotomy

Soft Tissue Injury of the Foot

Straightening Lesser Toe(s)

Talonavicular Fusion

Tarsometatarsal Fusion

Toe fracture or dislocation

Weil Osteotomy

General

Deep Vein Thrombosis and Legs in Plaster Casts

Fracture Liaison Service – Bone Health Assessment

Pain control following orthopaedic surgery

Vitamin D in Orthopaedics

Hand

Carpal or Metacarpal Fracture

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Dupuytren’s Disease

Hand Soft Tissue Injury

Mallet Finger

Mucous Cyst

Neck of 5th Metacarpal Fracture

Osteoarthritis at the base of the thumb

Phalanx (Finger) Fracture

Preparing for hand surgery and recovery afterwards

Scaphoid Fracture

Thumb MCP Joint Soft Tissue Injury

Thumb Phalanx Fracture

Trigger Finger

Volar Plate Injury

Hip

Hip fractures – information for patients and carers

Total hip replacement surgery

Knee

Anterior Cruciate Ligament reconstruction

Dislocation of the Patella

Knee Arthroscopy

Knee replacement surgery

Patella dislocation

Soft Tissue Injury of the Knee

Total knee replacement surgery

Undisplaced Patella Fracture

Leg

Midshaft Fibula Fracture

Shoulder

Acromioclavicular Joint Injury (dislocation)

Acromioclavicular Joint Injury (self-management)

Clavicle (collar bone) Fracture

Proximal Humerus fracture

Scapula Fracture

Shoulder dislocation

Shoulder Soft Tissue Injury

Subacromial Impingement

Total shoulder replacement, resurfacing and hemiarthroplasty

Spine

Caudal epidural injection

Spinal probe injection

Wrist

Wrist fracture

Wrist fracture – advice following removal of your cast

Other

Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

Flat feet in children

Hastings and Rother integrated Musculoskeletal Service (iMSK)

Intoeing gait in children

Orthopaedic MRI Scans

Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE)

What is pain?