Outline of trauma and orthopedics
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to trauma and orthopaedics:
Orthopedic surgery – branch of surgery concerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system. Orthopedic surgeons use both surgical and nonsurgical means to treat musculoskeletal injuries, sports injuries, degenerative diseases, infections, bone tumours, and congenital limb deformities. Trauma surgery and traumatology is a sub-specialty dealing with the operative management of fractures, major trauma and the multiply-injured patient.
Branches of trauma and orthopaedics
- Elective
- Foot and ankle
- Soft-tissue knee reconstruction
- Knee arthroplasty
- Hip arthroplasty
- Spinal
- Upper limb (shoulder & elbow)
- Wrist & hand
- Osteosarcoma and limb reconstruction
- Peripheral nerve injury
- Trauma surgery
- Paediatric and congenital osteochondrodysplasia
History of trauma and orthopaedics
History of trauma and orthopaedics
General trauma and orthopaedics concepts
- Principles of managing trauma
- Basic sciences in orthopaedics
- Anatomy
- Physiology
- Pathology
- Orthopaedic principles
- Diagnostics
- Examination
- Radiography
- Reduction
- Fixation
- Rehabilitation
- Descriptive terms
- Diagnostics
- General procedure types
- Biomechanics
- List of orthopedic implants
- Computer-assisted orthopedic surgery
Trauma and Orthopaedics organizations
- British Orthopaedic Association
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- AO Foundation
Trauma and Orthopaedics publications
- Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
- Journal of Orthopedics
- Journal of Orthopedic Trauma
- Journal of the American Academy of Orthopedic Sciences
- Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association
- Clinical Journal of Sport medicine
- New England Journal of medicine
Persons influential in trauma and orthopaedics
- Hugh Owen Thomas, b. 1834, d. 1891 (aged 56), Welsh surgeon considered the father of orthopaedic surgery in Britain
- Jean-Andre Venel, b. 1740, d. 1791 (aged 50), Swiss doctor and a pioneer in the field of orthopedics
- John Hunter, b. 1728, d. 1793 (aged 64), Scottish surgeon
- Percivall Pott, b. 1714, d. 1788 (aged 73), English surgeon, one of the founders of orthopedy
- Robert Jones, b. 1857, d. 1933 (aged 75), British surgeon pioneering the use of x-rays
- John Charnley, b. 1911, d. 1982 (aged 70), English pioneer of hip replacements
- Nicolas Andry, b. 1658, d. 1742 (aged 83), French physician
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