NIITO (Nizhny Novgorod), specializing in orthopedics, burns and traumatology, is a federal state institution. It provides high-tech medical care. At NIIITO in Nizhny Novgorod, whose specialists have a high level of professionalism, adults and children can treat diseases of the musculoskeletal system, burns and injuries. The institution employs doctors of various scientific fields, providing effective treatment for patients.
Burn Center. History
The center is a special unit of the institute. It was opened in 1961 by order of the Ministry of Health of Russia. In 1966, he was assigned the status of the Republican Center. The Gorky Institute of Traumatology at the same time became the main research institute in Russia on the problem of burns. Over the course of forty years, the employees of NIIITO (Nizhny Novgorod) conducted active research. In particular, they participated in the formation and development of a network of departments and burn centers in the country. In fact, it was during this period that the combiological service in Russian healthcare was formed. She provided specialized highly qualified help for burns.
Medical activity
NIIITO (Nizhny Novgorod) has accumulated vast experience in the treatment of thermal injuries. It includes therapy for patients with burns of various severity and etiology, complex electrical injuries, frostbite. The school has organized a school of reconstructive and plastic surgery of the effects of thermal damage. A three-stage scheme has been developed, which includes preventive, conservative, surgical and comprehensive rehabilitation. One of the main places is taken by measures aimed at eliminating and preventing scarring.

Professor N. I. Atyasov developed a system of active therapy for patients with severe burns. Its main components are effective infusion-transfusion treatment, special surgery tactics (including early necrectomy), autodermoplasty, preparation of wounds for operations, the use of modern medicines, reconstructive plastic surgery. Antibiotic therapy is used, means are used to support immunity, fibrogastroduodenoscopy, fibrobronchoscopy, intensive efferent detoxification, hyperbaric oxygenation, and others. The therapeutic regimen includes ozone therapy, transplantation of cultured skin cells, complex drug treatment, a post-hospital medical examination and early rehabilitation program. The vast experience in the treatment of patients with thermal injuries, accumulated over decades, allows us to provide medical care not only to citizens of the Nizhny Novgorod region. Patients from other regions of Russia also undergo examination, therapy and recovery at NIITO (Nizhny Novgorod). The registry of the institution has a telephone number 7 (831) 436-87-5. According to it, an appointment is made to the doctors. The specialists of the burn center participated in the treatment of victims of emergency in both wartime and peacetime. The team collaborates with the Ministry of Emergency Situations, medical institutions of Nizhny Novgorod and the Nizhny Novgorod region, with doctors from all departments and burn centers in Russia.

Branches
The Institute has three divisions that work in this area. Burn treatment today is considered the predominant direction of NIITO. Reviews of patients who were on treatment and rehabilitation are almost all positive. Patients particularly appreciate the professionalism of doctors. In NIIITO (Nizhny Novgorod) there are departments for adults and children with thermal injuries, a department of reconstructive plastic surgery. A powerful service of clinical laboratory and functional diagnostics, as well as hemodialysis, gravitational surgery, and rehabilitation departments are actively involved in the treatment of patients.
Some rules of hospitalization
The NIIITO Clinic is equipped with everything necessary to provide high-tech specialized care. In some cases, the patient requires planned surgical treatment. In such situations, the staff of the institute, after preliminary consultation, give a conclusion. It provides recommendations on the need to provide some kind of assistance. After this, the patient is queued. Then, the patient with the conclusion of the medical institution must go to the public health management body of his region to obtain a quota. Citizens of Nizhny Novgorod and Nizhny Novgorod Oblast do not need to participate in this organization. After the institute receives a coupon for the provision of high-tech or specialized care, the patient will be called on a certain day.
Staff
- Baldova Svetlana Nikolaevna - Senior Researcher, Ph.D. sciences. Her profile includes functional diagnosis.
- Belova Anna Naumovna - professor, head of department, doctor med. sciences, neurologist of the highest category, Honored Doctor of Russia. He is a freelance specialist in neurology at the Department of Health of Nizhny Novgorod.
- Volovik Mikhail Grigorievich - Ph.D. in biology. At NIIITO (Nizhny Novgorod), he holds the position of senior researcher.
- Kolesov Sergey Nikandrovich - professor, doctor med. Sciences, a leading specialist in the field of functional diagnostics, has the highest category.
- Muravina Natalya Lvovna - doctor of functional diagnostics, has the highest category.
Visiting Rules
Visiting is allowed every day from 16.00 to 18.00, and also additionally on weekends - from 10.00 to 13.00. The exception is the intensive care unit. For one visit, only one person is allowed to the patient, whose age is more than 16 years. A pass for visiting must be obtained in the information window, which can be found in the building from the side of Verkhnevolzhskaya Embankment. At the end of the visit, he is given to the guard. Visitors should carry replacement shoes or shoe covers. Outerwear is required in the wardrobe. A prerequisite is compliance with the internal rules. In case of violation, the administration of the medical institution has the right to restrict visits to the patient.