Main Tendencies in the Development of Contemporary Traumatology and Orthopaedics

Human life became more intensive in the ХIХ and ХХ centuries due to the development of mining, metallurgy, automobile industry, city and housing construction, military manufacturing, and construction of powerful electric stations. Despite that such a development has made the human life on the planet more comfortable, the contemporary production spheres have caused several technogenic disasters and an increase in the number and severity of road and work injuries. Natural disasters due to human influence on climate, terroristic acts and military actions in a number of countries add much to the issue of increased traumatism. Modern types of firearms cause a lot of primary bone defects along with other lesions. All the mentioned impacts result in a so called “epidemics due to injuries” that is characterized by a great number of injured persons and a greater degree of the severity of injuries. Moreover, the unexpectedness of the events may lead to a breakdown in the psycho-emotional state of the injured persons.