Orthopedic surgery

Orthopedic Surgery averages more than 20 surgeries in a month (“Career”), which leads to the fact that orthopedic surgeons are in high demand. Orthopedic surgery looks like an interesting career, which I’d like to be in, in my future. A career in orthopedic surgery takes a lot of education and training, but has many benefits. There are many different kinds of surgeons in the United States. You have general surgeons, specialty interest surgeons, and specialists in the fields of surgery (“Sports Physicians”). Thirty-two percent of surgeons are general surgeons, who work on any part of the body (“Career”). Thirty-seven percent are specialty interest surgeons, who work on more specific types of the body (“Career”). Then 31% are specialists, which…

Imagine you broke your hand and need a surgery in order to restore function to your fingers. If the surgery is successful you will be able to use all of you fingers, if something inaccurate occurs you will lose the feeling in your fingers. Would you prefer a robot or a human to perform your surgery? This will be a question you might ask yourself in the near future. But what if there is a robot being controlled by a human? Right now there are robots already performing surgeries with the help of a…

my life changed forever when my parents enrolled me in a gymnastics class. Since then I spend most of my life inside a smelly, chalked filled gym. In September 2014, I was sent to an orthopedic hip specialist due to a lesion that was found in my left hip. The lesion was found when I had an x-ray taken of my lower back in an effort to understand why I had shin splints. My hip had been hurting months prior but I assumed it was from rigorous stretching my coach was having me do. The doctor ordered…

Having experienced a difficult recovery from orthopedic surgery, I believe I will provide a valuable perspective of patient care to the doctor of physical therapy program at Eastern Washington University. Two weeks prior to my junior year of college, I had ACL reconstructive surgery in my left knee. Due to complications in surgery, my lateral meniscus remained torn in spite of the surgery. This exacerbated an already difficult and demanding recovery. Months into my recovery, I struggled with…

Since my freshman year in high school, I’ve been interested in becoming an orthopedic surgeon, or at the very least, something in sports medicine. During my freshman year of cross country, I was diagnosed with a femoral neck stress fracture. This injury allowed me to learn a lot about sports medicine as I was surrounded, and still am surrounded, by various doctors treating my now chronic hip pain. It’s fascinating how orthopedic surgeons can vary from helping a sports injury like mine, to…

good for me to be an orthopedic surgeon. I have always thought about the future as a child. At just age 8, I thought I had everything planned. I was going to be a lawyer. After realizing that I hate history, I figured that a job in politics would not be the best bet for me. Then, I thought about being a private detective. I liked the fact that there would be a new steeple to climb every single day. After doing my research on the job, I found out that the job outlook was not great for the…

The summer of my junior year of high school I had the opportunity to shadow a variety of medical professionals. One of these was an orthopedic surgeon, and during the time I spent watching his surgeries, I got the chance to witness two Total Knee Arthroscopies (TKAs). For my biomedical product, I chose to research a total knee prosthesis. This prosthetic has an old and very diverse history that centers mostly around the 1970s, but today has become a multibillion dollar industry with millions of…

provider declined writing any orders for transportation or attendant care she would prefer the orthopedic doctor to do that. On 12/21/16 I met Ms. Payne at the office of Dr. Linehan orthopedic surgeon. The right shoulder is painful and has limited range of motion. She report cervical and low back pain. We were told she was supposed to follow up with Dr. S. Mohammad for that. The right knee was x-rayed and the knee replacement looked aligned. They feel she just has a bruise and it will get…

Karen: I’m Dr. Karen Sutton, an associate professor at Yale Medicine. Oh, I didn’t add the Department of Orthopedic Surgery. I’m Dr. Karen Sutton, an associate professor in the department of Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Yale Medicine. 0:00:48.9 I’m Dr. Karen Sutton, an associate professor in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Yale Medicine. Interviewer: Describe what ACL is and why it’s so important. 0.01:06.9 Karen: The anterior cruciate ligament, or the ACL, is a ligament that…

TRIPLE AIM AND A RURAL ORTHOPEDIC CLINIC: IT MATTERS Introduction Currently I am in a group practice situation alongside four other orthopedic surgeons in our practice. I am a nonsurgical sports medicine physician by profession and trained in evaluation and management of musculoskeletal conditions using non-surgical modalities like exercise, physical therapy, using braces/splints, and injections. This model of sports medicine physician and orthopedics surgeon has mutual complementary benefit…