Orthopaedic Trauma
When a serious injury affects your bones, joints, muscles, tendons, or ligaments, specialized care can make all the difference in how well you heal. Forrest Health’s Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery program provides advanced treatment for complex fractures and traumatic musculoskeletal injuries.
As the region’s only orthopaedic trauma surgery program, Forrest Health gives patients access to specialized surgical care close to home — backed by the resources of Forrest General Hospital’s American College of Surgeons verified Level II Trauma Center.
What Is Orthopaedic Trauma?
Specialized Care for Serious Bone and Joint Injuries
Orthopaedic trauma care focuses on injuries to the musculoskeletal system — including bones, joints, muscles, tendons, and ligaments. These injuries may happen because of a fall, motor vehicle accident, workplace injury, sports injury, or another traumatic event.
Some injuries can be treated with bracing, casting, or therapy. Others require surgery to realign broken bones, stabilize joints, repair soft tissue damage, or help restore movement and function.
At Forrest Health, our orthopaedic trauma team works with emergency medicine, trauma surgery, neurosurgery, rehabilitation, and other specialists to provide coordinated care from the moment a patient arrives through recovery.
Conditions We Treat
Orthopaedic Trauma Conditions We Treat
Our orthopaedic trauma surgery team treats a wide range of serious and complex injuries, including:
- Complex bone fractures
- Open or compound fractures
- Pelvic fractures
- Hip and acetabular fractures
- Leg, ankle, knee, and foot fractures
- Arm, wrist, elbow, and shoulder fractures
- Joint dislocations
- Fractures that do not heal properly
- Fractures that heal in the wrong position
- Multiple fractures cause by trauma
- Soft issue injuries related to orthopeadic trauma
- Injuries requiring fixation with plates, screws, rods, or external devices
Why Choose Forrest Health?
The Region’s Only Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery Program
Serious injuries need more than general fracture care. They need a team trained to manage complex trauma, coordinate with other specialists, and help patients regain function.
Advanced trauma resources
Forrest General Hospital is home to an American College of Surgeons verified Level II Trauma Center with 24-hour coverage from orthopaedic surgery and other trauma specialties.
Specialized orthopaedic trauma surgeons
Orthopaedic trauma surgeons focus on treating fractures, dislocations, and traumatic injuries involving bones, joints, muscles, tendons, and ligaments.
Coordinated care for complex injuries
Trauma patients may need care from multiple specialists. Forrest General’s Trauma Center provides coverage for services including neurosurgery, orthopaedic surgery, vascular surgery, oral and maxillofacial surgery, ENT, urology, and interventional radiology.
Care close to home
Patients in South Mississippi can access advanced orthopaedic trauma surgery without having to leave the region for specialized fracture and trauma care.
