Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics, is the branch of surgery concerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system. Orthopedic surgeons use both surgical and nonsurgical means to treat musculoskeletal trauma, spine diseases, sports injuries, degenerative diseases, infections, tumors, and congenital disorders.
Pyrford is a village in the borough of Woking in Surrey, England. It is on the left bank of the River Wey, around two miles east of the town of Woking and just south of West Byfleet; the M25 motorway is northeast of the edge of the former parish.
Achilles tendon rupture is when the Achilles tendon, at the back of the ankle, breaks. Symptoms include the sudden onset of sharp pain in the heel. A snapping sound may be heard as the tendon breaks and walking becomes difficult.
The Thompson test is used in lower limb examination to test for the rupture of the Achilles tendon. The patient lies face down with feet hanging off the edge of the bed. If the test is positive, there is no movement of the foot on squeezing the corresponding calf, signifying likely rupture of the Achilles tendon.
Alan Graham Apley FRCS was a British orthopaedic surgeon and educator known for his textbook, Apley's System of Orthopaedics and Fractures, and for the Apley grind test in meniscal injury.
Sir Frank Wild Holdsworth was an English orthopaedic surgeon remembered for pioneering work on rehabilitation of spinal injury patients. He described the Holdsworth fracture of the spine in 1963.
Sir Robert Jones, 1st Baronet, was a Welsh orthopaedic surgeon who helped to establish the modern specialty of orthopaedic surgery in Britain. He was an early proponent of the use of radiography in orthopaedics, and described the eponymous Jones fracture.
Sir Frederick Treves, 1st Baronet was a prominent British surgeon, and an expert in anatomy. Treves was renowned for his surgical treatment of appendicitis, and is credited with saving the life of King Edward VII in 1902. He is also widely known for his friendship with Joseph Merrick, dubbed the "Elephant Man" for his severe deformities.
Reginald ('Rex') Salisbury Woods MD, FRCS, was a British track and field athlete, who represented Great Britain in three Olympic Games.
John Chalmers is a Scottish orthopaedic surgeon.
Sir Harry Platt, 1st Baronet, FRCS was an English orthopaedic surgeon, president of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1954–1957). He was a founder of the British Orthopaedic Association, of which he became president in 1934–1935.
Mahapitiyage Velin Peter Peiris, OBE, LRCP, FRCS, was a Ceylonese orthopaedic surgeon and politician.
Sir David Rodney Sweetnam (1927–2013), known as Rodney, was a British orthopaedic surgeon.
Dame Clare Lucy Marx, Mrs Fane, DBE DL FRCS SFFMLM is the former President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England from July 2014 to July 2017, the first woman to hold the position, and current chair of the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management. From January 2019 through July 2021, Dame Clare was chair of the General Medical Council, the first woman to hold this role. It was announced she would leave the role of Chair of the GMC at the end of July 2021 due to a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer.
Cornelis Nicolaas "Niek" van Dijk is an orthopaedic surgeon, a specialist in sports traumatology and arthroscopic surgery of the ankle and knee. Until 2016 Van Dijk was Full Professor in Orthopaedics and head of the Orthopaedic Department at the AMC-hospital in Amsterdam. He continues his career in the FIFA Medical Centres of excellence in Madrid and Porto. He is the founder of a characteristic approach, which has come to be known as the Amsterdam Foot & Ankle School :
Niek van Dijk has won renown as a leading authority for arthroscopic surgery of the ankle and the knee. In particular, he is known for his Amsterdam Ankle School, which places particular emphasis upon a painstaking diagnosis, followed by arthroscopy as a surgical resource rather than a mere diagnostic. His operative techniques have spread throughout the world, and have benefitted leading athletes, as well as ordinary people suffering from ankle problems.
James David Forbes Calder is a British orthopaedic surgeon specialising in sporting injuries. He has built a reputation for treating foot and ankle injuries in top international athletes - soccer players from the English Premier League and European clubs including Paris St Germain, AC Milan, Barcelona FC, Real Madrid, Olympique de Marseille FC in addition to rugby players from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, GB Olympic teams, England and Indian cricket teams and UK Athletics.
Sir Reginald Watson Watson-Jones, FRCS was a prominent English orthopaedic surgeon.
Raymond Rocco Monto, M.D. is a Board Certified orthopaedic surgeon with a practice on Nantucket, Massachusetts. Monto's work includes developments in sports medicine, Tennis elbow surgery, hip arthroscopy, platelet-rich plasma, and innovative orthobiologic treatments for chronic disorders including Achilles tendonitis and plantar fasciitis. Monto lectures frequently in the United States and around the world.
Professor Charles Samuel Bernard Galasko ChM, FRCS, FRCSEd, FCMSA (Hon), FFSEM (Ire), FFSEM (UK), FMedSci, often cited as Charles S. B. Galasko, is a South African orthopaedic surgeon.
Arkyl Staveley Gough was a British surgeon who made regular contributions to medical journals and served on several medical committees. Also known as A. Staveley Gough, he was made FRCS in 1929, an Officer of the Order of St John of Jerusalem in 1966, and an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1975.
