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

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

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

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