ORTHOPAEDICS- branch of medicine which has everything to do with the human anatomy, especially with the Musculo-Skeletal System.

Orthopaedics is the branch of medicine which has everything to do with the human anatomy, especially with the Musculo-Skeletal System.The Human Musculo-Skeletal System includes the Skeletal Muscles, Tendons, and Ligaments & Bones (hence skeleton).An Adult Human Body as a total of 206 Bones (Femur is the largest, while stapes is the smallest bone)We are living the dream life, in this 21 century, where everything we need, is done with a blink of an eye. 

Advancement in technology has done wonders for us, but has also made us more prone to various problems. Due to the sedentary individual lifestyle, the body gets progressively deteriorated. Lack of movement & exercise, imbalanced diet and many pre-disposing factors such as high blood pressure, over-weight, postural instability etc. are now contributing in development of various bone & joint related impairment.

Orthopedics has shown progressive development in recent years, mainly due to the advent of high no. of cases of various degenerative diseases such as Osteo-Arthritis (OA), Spondylosis or Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) in most patients belonging to the high age group (45-50+)An orthopedic surgeon may use Surgical or Non-Surgical Methods to treat various pathologies.  Improved technique with fewer risk, have given a surgeon the liberty to perform the following interventions, as an attempt to improve patient’s condition:

Total Joint Re-Construction i.e. Arthroplasty

Total Joint Re-Placement  By- Dt. Trishala Chopra

Orthopaedics – providing shields for our skeleton since the beginning of time

206. This is precisely the number of bones that hold together an adult body. They form the structural framework for the sinews and the flesh and blood. One may boast of steel-like muscles, but remove the bones, and he will melt down like a sack of jelly. Bones, basically, are the most vital components of the human body. And orthopaedics or orthopaedic surgery (alternatively spelled orthopaedics or orthopaedic surgery) is the branch of medicine and surgery that has everything to do with bones.

Orthopaedics is that field of surgery concerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system. The orthopaedic surgeons use both surgical and non surgical means to treat muscular or skeletal trauma, sports injuries, degenerative diseases, infections, tumours and congenital disorders. India is one of the global leaders in this arena, and Noida is leading it from within, completing achievements and reaching unprecedented heights in this stream of surgery.

In Noida and other parts of India, selection for residency training in orthopaedic surgery is highly competitive. Approximately 700 physicians complete orthopaedic residency training per year. About 10 percent of current orthopaedic surgery residents are women, and about 20 percent of the remaining are from minority group. There are approximately 20400 actively practicing orthopaedic surgeons and residents as of now. All over, it is a more astounding figure: 3-4% of all practicing physicians are orthopaedic surgeons.

All these processes, involved in the making of proper orthopaedic surgeon, to provide efficient health care services to the people require successful completion of a standardised written exam followed by an oral exam, usually, focused on the surgeon’s clinical and surgical performance over a 6-month period. All said and done, orthopaedics has attained great heights in the recent years and it is our firm belief that Noida and India, as a whole, will surpass all other countries in this field in the years to come.