Medicine:Outline of trauma & orthopedics
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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to trauma & 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 & 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 & congenital osteochondrodysplasia
History of trauma & orthopaedics
History of trauma & orthopaedics
General trauma & orthopaedics concepts
- Principles of managing trauma
- Basic sciences in orthopaedics
- Anatomy
- Cartilage
- Bone
- Osseous tissue
- Cortical bone, Cancellous bone
- Epiphysis, Metaphysis, Diaphysis
- Long bone, Short bone, Flat bone, Irregular bone, Sesamoid bone
- Joint
- Synovial joint
- Fibrous joint
- Cartilaginous joint
- Physiology
- Pathology
- Bone fracture
- Spiral fracture, Avulsion fracture, Stress fracture, Burst fracture, Compression fracture
- Pathologic fracture
- Arthritis
- Osteochondropathy
- Osteopathies (Osteoporosis, Osteomyelitis, Pseudarthrosis)
- Chondropathies
- Sarcomas
- Bone tumor (Osteoma)
- Cartilage tumor (Chondroma)
- Bone fracture
- Anatomy
- Orthopaedic principles
- Diagnostics
- Examination
- Radiography
- Reduction
- Splinting and casting
- Traction
- Fixation
- Internal fixation
- Intramedullary rod
- External fixation
- Internal fixation
- Rehabilitation
- Descriptive terms
- Displacement
- Comminution
- Diagnostics
- General procedure types
- Biomechanics
- List of orthopedic implants
- Computer-assisted orthopedic surgery
Trauma & Orthopaedics organizations
- British Orthopaedic Association
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- AO Foundation
Trauma & Orthopaedics publications
- Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
Persons influential in trauma & orthopaedics
See also
References
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