Everything you need to know about a knee surgery

Here’s how you can manage knee pain

The knee is one of the most critical and most often abused joints in the human body. This, considering the fact that it is the second highest weight bearing joint after the hip joint and has the largest range and degree of movement. It is not surpris...

The birth of modern orthopedics

It was in the 1960s-1970s that modern orthopedics took birth, especially after the contributions of Hugh Owen Thomas. Finally, intramedullary fixations were being done without opening up the fracture. This technology was popularized by the Harborview...

Orthopedics – Recent advancements

Recent advancements in orthopedics made it clear that the lesser the tissues are handled in surgical intervention, the lesser run the risks of infections as well as shock for the tissue, which makes recovery a quicker process. The overall outcome of ...

Advancements in Orthopedics

The world of orthopedics has seen revolutionary advancements right from the very beginning. In fact, many discoveries of the mid-20th century reached fruition in the early 21st century. One such discovery is what is called Bone Matrix Protein or BMP...

The evolution of orthopedics – Early orthopedics

It was Dr. Nicholas Andry, a French surgeon, who coined the word 'Orthopedic' when he wrote his book 'Orthopedie' or 'The Art of Correcting and Preventing Deformities in Children' in the year 1741. The word 'Orthopedic' actually comes from the Greek ...