Orthopedic Surgery Overview

Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics is the branch of surgery concerned with acute, chronic, traumatic, and overuse injuries and other disorders of the musculoskeletal system. Orthopedic surgeons address most musculoskeletal ailments including arthritis, trauma and congenital deformities using both surgical and non-surgical means. Nicholas Andry coined the word "orthopaedics", derived from Greek words for "correct" or "straight" and "child" , in 1741, when at the age of 81 he published Orthopaedia:...