University Hospital Saarland
Homburg, Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Tim Pohlemann
Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery
The Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery at the University Hospital Saarland provides care for all patients with injuries of regardless of the severity of the organ. This department uses edge-cutting medical technologies in treatments and has its research departments developing and monitoring new methods for diagnosis and therapy.
Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Med. Tim Pohlemann, nearly 2,000 inpatients are treated in this department annually. The department works in collaboration with the Surgery Center, the University Hospital and the collaborating clinics of the region. It has specialized doctors and staff members to ensure the care provided to the patients is optimal care. Due to the national and international experienced staff of this department, all types of pelvis, spine, joint, hand and foot surgeries are performed to perfection.
The Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery at the University Hospital Saarland is specialized in:
• Pelvic ring fractures
• Fractures of hip joint
• Pelvic ring and hip socket injuries
• Treatment of acetabulum injuries
• Upper cervical fractures
• Fractures of the cervical spine
• Injuries of the spine
• Vertebral fractures (as complications of tumors or osteoporosis)
• Internal stabilization of dorsal spine fixator for all parts of the spine
• Hip reconstruction
• Knee arthroplasty
• Shoulder arthroplasty
• Elbow reconstruction
• Acute injuries of the hand
• Fractures of the wrist and hand and foot
• Ligament and tendon injuries of the hand and foot
• Nerve injuries of the hand and foot
• Hand and foot amputation
• Nerve compression syndromes
• Hand and foot rheumatic diseases
• Replacement surgery after hand nerve injuries
- Study of Medicine at the Ruprecht Karls University of Heidelberg, Faculty of Clinical Medicine, Internship in the Central District Hospital
- Ludwigsburg.
- 1983 Admission to medical practice and thesis defense: "Inhibitors of aldose reductase and gluconeogenesis in rats with diabetes
- mellitus in a chronic study" (Prof. Dr. med. F. H. Schmidt, Mannheim), magna cum laude.
- April 1982 American exam ECFMG.
- 1983 - 1989 Further training in surgery, Department of Surgery, Hannover Medical School (Prof. Dr. med. H. Tscherne, Prof. Dr. med. R.
- Pichlmayr, Prof. Dr. med. H.G. Borst), rotation, Braunschweig Hospital (Prof. Dr. med. P. Neuhaus).
- 1989 Area of specialization: surgery.
- 1992 Senior Physician in the Department of Traumatology at the Hannover Medical School.
- 1992 Specialization in Traumatology.
- 1992 Habilitation, Traumatology.
- 1997 Appointed as a Visiting Professor.
- Since 2001 C4 Professor of the Department of Adult and Pediatric Traumatology, Hand Surgery and Reconstructive Surgery, University
- Hospital Saarland.
Memberships
- 2011 President of the German Society of Traumatology (DGU) and President of the German Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology
- (DGOU).
- Member of the German Society of Traumatology (DGU).
- Member of the German Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology (DGOU).
- Member of the German Society of Orthopedics and Orthopedic Surgery (DGOOC).
- Member of the German Society of Surgery (DGCH).
- Member of the Professional Association of German Surgeons (BDC).
- Member of the Professional Association of Orthopedicians and Trauma Surgeons (BVOU).
- Member of the Association of Surgeons in Saarland.
- Chairman of the Study Group for the Research of Pelvic Pathologies and a Member of the Council of the AO Fund ("Trustee").
- Head of the Working Group on Pelvic Diseases II of the German Society of Traumatology (a multicenter study that included 26
- hospitals)
Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery
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