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Orthopedic Surgery
Bones, joints and the injured limb: fracture fixation from plates to nails, the hip fracture pathway that defines care of the older patient, arthroplasty that trades a worn joint for a working one, and the emergencies, open fractures, compartments, septic joints, where limbs are saved or lost.
Backdrop: Anteroposterior X-ray of a total hip arthroplasty · Mikael Häggström, M.D · CC0
Surgical anatomy
Anatomy
The structures the operations walk past, and the ones they must not injure.
The structures the operations walk past, and the ones they must not injure. Real plates and photographs only; the 3D lab carries the BodyParts3D specimens.
Anatomy media needed
No verified anatomical plates are assigned to this specialty’s operations yet. The 3D lab and the danger-zone atlas below still apply.
Danger zones
What must not be injured
Total hip arthroplasty (posterior approach)
Sciatic nerve
The approach works millimetres from it: retractor blades lever near it, the hip is dislocated by rotating the leg around it, and limb lengthening stretches it.
Protect it: Know where it runs before the first retractor, place blades on bone rather than soft tissue, limit lengthening, and check ankle dorsiflexion in recovery.
Hub shaped by the Surgical Specialties Lead with the Orthopaedic surgery reviewer (open seat). Images and videos carry their source; educational use for supervised learning, not clinical guidance.