Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics (also spelled orthopaedic surgery and orthopaedics in British English ) is the branch of surgery concerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system . Orthopedic surgeons use both surgical and nonsurgical means to treat musculoskeletal trauma , sports injuries , degenerative diseases , infections , tumors , and congenital disorders . Nicholas Andry coined the word orthopaedics in French as orthopedie , derived from the Greek words orthos ( correct , straight ) and paideion ( child ), when he published Orthopedie (translated as Orthopaedia: or the Art of Correcting and Preventing Deformities in Children ) in 1741. The correction of spinal and bony deformities became the cornerstone of orthopedic practice. In the United States orthopedics is standard, although the majority of college, university and residency programs, and even the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons , still use the spelling with the Latinate digraph ae . Elsewhere, usage is not uniform; in Canada, both spellings are acceptable; orthopaedics usually prevails in the rest of the Commonwealth, especially in Britain.
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I have pain in my upper back and neck all the time and when I twist/shake my head with some force, I hear a decently loud sound. I consulted an orthopedist earlier and he said that one of the bones in my neck is a...
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This x-ray was taken a few days ago. I took it just to see if the bones of both my feet are okay, meaning no deformity or abnormality or whatsoever. The doctor here told me there's nothing wrong and I know this...
Suffering from a sudden catch in the lower back. Need an orthopedic opinion.
Hi, may I answer your health queries right now ? Please type your query here...I had a retrograde orgasm two days ago, 2x since then upon arousal I became cold, numb and felt like I was passing out the second time I felt like I was bleeding out...
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Acetabular labrum appears intact. There is small focal area of undermining of the anterosuprior labrum which has appearance of normal labral cartilaginous cleft. Articular cartilage is normal....
My daughter is nearing is there a way to increase height ? If i need to consult a specialist doctor what should be his/her area of specialisation (e.g. Ortho etc)?
I am a 59 year old male, healthy and active, working in an active occupation. At the end of July I was involved in a work related vehicle accident. At the ER, the Xray showed osteoarthritis, but, no fractures, they applied a wrist brace, gave me...
I have suffered with extreme pain over my left thigh and knee, now for five years. At first Dr.'s thought it was a lumbar spine problem, but after 4 MRI's consultation with 2 neurosurgeons, 1 orthopedic surgeon, they see nothing that they can...
When my son was six years old, he broke an elevated fall with his right arm. He twisted and fractured his arm. He was treated by a pediatric orthopedist who showed me the x-ray. Basically, he explained in non-medical jargon, you son broke the...
My husband has had a herniated disc at L2-L3 for four months, confirmed by MRI. (At the onset, he fell because his left knee "felt like jelly.") Pain has now almost 100% resolved with very conservative treatment (no prescription meds, no...
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User : can you tell me why screws would break in ankle after just 6 months of surgery and can plate in leg bend having 7 screws
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hi can any one advise what r all the orthopaedic problems releated to computer users i need a list of these problems as im doing project on these conditions
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Hi, I injured my ankle 6 weeks ago. It was severely swollen. Black and blue at the bottom of my heel. My ankle is still slightly swollen (not nearly as noticeable, but it is definitely much larger then my other ankle. There is also a hard lump above my ankle, it is tender to touch, but not a sharp pain. I was in an air cast for four weeks and am...
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Hi i fractured my radial head just over 3 weeks ago when falling on ice, unfortunatly due to one a&e department not x-raying me the break was never found until 2 weeks later when i returned to another A&E dept. I was referred to a orthopaedic specialist, I wasn t put in a cast as was told the fracture is stable and my elbow had stiffened up alot...
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Hi, My father has got hernia . He already had one surgery and it has come again now. Doctor has suggested for surgery again as its increased a lot now. So, I have query if he can be treated at Manipal for surgery and how would be the facility at hospital?
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I suffered a microscopic sprain two years ago and it still hurts Hello, my name is Sofia and I m 20 years old. I suffered an injury on my left foot about two years ago. When it first happened the left side of my foot was swollen, like the size of a baseball, and when I went to the doctor they told me that it was just a sprain, to keep it...
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Hell doctors. I m in need of a hip specialist. I m 19 years old, in Special Operations in the military , so am subjected to daily, maniacal workouts. I came up with writhing pain in the frontal flex point of my hip and have been discovered by xray to have a Hip Impingement. Seems theres a bony growth on the femur/ball and it s causing bone on...
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I have a distal radius fracture(non-displaced) i was due to be in a cast for 6 weeks, however i would like to have it removed at the 5 week mark due to my work commitments. Im still young 23, and I would like to take the cast off and go into brace. I have been very compliant with the Orthopods instructions for healing. Could this be an option?
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i have hamorroid problem (4th degree). now i am at Muscat. here the doctor asked me to undergo surgery . i will go to my native (chennai, india) during september only. is there any major problem occur if i postpone the surgery. also what will be the better surgery laser or some other. pl advise
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I had surgery on my 4th metacarple on 2/2/12 were pins were placed through my knuckles. I have had the pins removed for 3 days, but i cannot force or bend my fingers willingly to a 90 degree angle. Also I can not move it upward, and it is droopy not alligned with my other fingers. What should i do to help it heal.
My 11-year old, sports-obsessed son (basketball is his passion) went snowboarding with his dad this weekend. They called me about an hour ago from the mountain because my son fell hard and broke his arm . Proximal break to the humerus . I think that means up at the top of the humerus, and I m curious what to expect and how urgent it is that we...
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