Ortho is from the Greek, orthos, meaning straight. Pedic comes from the Greek pais, meaning child. It's the same root as pediatrics.So, ortho-pedic could be translated as "straight child"....
Orthopedic surgery corrects problems that arise in the skeleton and its attachments, the ligaments and tendons. It may also deal with some problems of the nervous system, such as those that arise...
Thousands of people have successful orthopedic surgery each year to recover from injuries or restore lost function. The degree of success in individual recoveries depends on the age and general...
The first successful open heart surgery was performed on July 9, 1893, when Dr. Daniel Hale Williams opened the chest of a man and repaired the pericardium (sac surrounding the heart) which had been...