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Specialists from a wide range of disciplines work closely together at the University Center for the Elderly to prevent complications after an accident and enable patients to return home as quickly as possible. The USB focuses on the time before, during and after a possible operation.
It is important to act as quickly as possible, work hand in hand and make the right decisions for the patient's individual needs.
All specialists involved in the treatment make their contribution. As a center hospital, elderly patients are admitted to the USB after a simple injury, but above all also frail accident victims with multiple injuries. With spinal surgery, thoracic surgery, neurosurgery and oral and maxillofacial surgery, the University Hospital Basel is the only hospital in the region of north-western Switzerland with the specialist breadth to be able to guarantee comprehensive medical care for these patients.
Does a femur fracture always require surgery? How long do elderly patients stay in an acute hospital? The experts at the Geriatric Trauma Center provide information about the risks and treatment options for fractures in older people and answer the most important questions about emergency treatment, anaesthesia and hospital stays.
Geriatric Trauma Center
The certified geriatric trauma center of the University Hospital Basel and the University Geriatric Medicine Felix Platter
One unfortunate fall and it's already happened. The bone is broken. The team at the geriatric trauma center takes care of the patients. From admission and acute treatment of the fracture at the University Hospital to further treatment at Felix Platter. So that patients can return home as quickly as possible.
