Complex Fractures 

Specialized treatment for severe fractures and problems in the healing process

Geisinger’s fellowship-trained orthopaedic surgeons are available 24/7 to provide highly advanced surgical care for patients with complex fractures or related problems in healing, such as infected bones or bones which are not healing properly. These specialists bring a compassionate approach to ensuring you benefit from their wide-ranging expertise with the latest in orthopaedic surgical techniques. This can range from digital imaging to bone graft procedures to rebuilding complex fractures through fusion “cages.” 

Directed by a fellowship-trained orthopaedic trauma surgeon, the Center for Complex Fracture Care includes specialists caring for severe fractures of the:

• Foot and ankle
• Hand and wrist
• Hip and knee
• Shoulder and elbow
• Spine

The orthopaedic surgeons at Geisinger’s Level I TraumaCenter in Danville and Level II Trauma Center in Wilkes-Barre is supported by the LifeFlight® aeromedical program and physicians in every medical specialty, including:

• Emergency medicine
• Critical care medicine
• Plastic and reconstructive surgery
• Infectious disease

Conditions and treatments

• Trauma and acute surgical interventions include
• Nonunions and infections
• Acetabular fractures
• Pelvic fractures
• Pediatric fractures
• Geriatric trauma
• Hand and upper extremity injuries
• Knee dislocations and fractures
• Lower extremity and foot injuries
• Open fractures
• Patients with multiple injuries
• Periarticular fractures
• Periprosthetic fractures
• Spine trauma

In that critical hour of need, you can depend on Geisinger’s orthopaedic trauma surgeons. For more information, call Geisinger Orthopaedic Institute at 1.866.414.4988 or 570.271.7969.