Orthopedic (sometimes spelled orthopaedic) 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 from injury of the...

Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics (also spelled orthopaedics, see below) is the branch of surgery concerned with acute, chronic, traumatic, and overuse injuries and other disorders of the musculoskeletal system. Orthopedic surgeons address most...

Cerebral palsy affects the way muscles work and can distort growing bones by creating abnormal forces on them. Because standing and walking are often delayed in children with cerebral palsy, the hip joints do not receive the normal weight-bearing stimulation to form properly....

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A new crop of medicines to prevent stroke and blood clots could emerge within several years, easing dangers and hardships for patients and potentially creating blockbuster sales for drug makers.The oral drugs might prove better and safer than injectable medicines, such as heparin, now widely...

A small plane flown by a descendant of one of the brothers who built the renowned Mayo Clinic crashed at a southern Minnesota airport, killing all four people aboard.Dr. Chester W.P. Mayo, an orthopedic surgeon, was taking his eldest son, 17-year-old Chester Mayo Jr., back...