Outline of trauma and orthopedics

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to 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
  • Advanced trauma life support
  • Emergency management
  • Triage
• Basic sciences in orthopaedics
  • Anatomy
    • Cartilage
    • Bone
      • Osseous tissue
      • Cancellous bone
      • Epiphysis, Metaphysis, Diaphysis
      • Long bone, Short bone, Flat bone, Irregular bone, Sesamoid bone
    • Joint
      • Synovial joint
      • Fibrous joint
      • Cartilaginous joint
  • Physiology
    • Bone healing
      • Ossification
  • Pathology
    • Bone fracture
      • Compression fracture
      • Pathologic fracture
    • Arthritis
      • Osteoarthritis
      • Septic arthritis
    • Osteochondropathy
      • Pseudarthrosis
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      • Chondropathies
    • Sarcomas
      • Bone tumor (Osteoma)
      • Cartilage tumor (Chondroma)
• Orthopaedic principles
  • Diagnostics
    • Examination
    • Radiography
  • Reduction
    • Splinting and casting
    • Traction
  • Fixation
    • Internal fixation
      • Intramedullary rod
    • External fixation
  • Rehabilitation
    • Physical therapy
    • Orthotics
  • Descriptive terms
    • Displacement
    • Comminution
• General procedure types
  • Arthroplasty
  • Arthrocentesis
  • Osteotomy
  • Distraction osteogenesis
  • Bone grafting
  • Arthrodesis
• 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

References

External links

• Consultant of Orthopedic and Joint Surgery