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Orthopedics is the branch of medicine devoted to the study and treatment of the skeletal system, its joints, muscles and associated structures. Orthopedics also deals with diagnosis and treatment of disorders, diseases and injury of the muscular and skeletal systems.
Fractures and broken bones are among the most common orthopedic problems. Most people are introduced to an orthopedic surgeon at a young age when they are brought to the emergency room with their first broken bone. A broken bone is not worse than a fracture because they both mean the same thing. Fractures happen because an area of bone is not able to support the energy placed on it. There are two critical factors in determining why a fracture occurs: the energy of the event and the strength of the bone. The energy can be acute, high-energy, or chronic, low-energy. The bone strength can either be normal or decreased. A very simple problem, a broken bone, can become a whole lot more complicated.
Orthopedic surgeons treat fractures throughout the skeletal frame, except for the skull and the face. Extremity fractures are most common, and usually occur in men younger than age 45, and then become more common in women over age 45. The reason for the difference is when women go through menopause, and stop producing estrogen, the rate of the bone loss increases. This is why women are practically susceptible to osteoporosis and subsequent fractures. The most common fracture prior to age 75 is a wrist fracture. In those over age 75, hip fracture becomes the most common broken bone.
Even when not damaged or injured, bone is constantly in a state of turnover. There is a continuous absorption and replacement of cells that make up the bones. The process of healing bones also comes about naturally because of the natural turnover.
Options are available for the treatment of the fracture because there is an individual-based treatment on the patient, and the x-ray appearance of the fracture should also be considered.
There are variety of orthopedic products for the rehabilitation and regeneration for the non-operative orthopedic and spine markets. The broad range of rehabilitation products includes rigid knee braces, soft goods and pain management products. These can be used in the prevention of injury, treatment of chronic conditions, and for recovery after surgery or injury. Regeneration products consist of bone growth stimulation devices that are used to treat non-union fractures. The said devices are also utilized for adjunct therapy after spinal fusion surgery.
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