What is an Orthopedic Surgeon?
Sports injuries, back pain, arthritic joints, and stiff muscles are just a few of the things that we treat here at Florida Surgery Consultants in Tampa, FL. Musculoskeletal injuries account for over 130 million ambulatory medicine visits, over three million hospitalizations every year, and over 14% of America’s health care doctor visits. If you want the best diagnosis and the most appropriate options for treatment for musculoskeletal issues, you will need to call and talk to our orthopedic surgeon in Tampa.
What Exactly is an Orthopedic Surgeon?
Orthopedic surgeons operate in their daily lives as physicians that diagnose, treat, prevent, and rehabilitate diseases, disorders, and injuries of your body’s musculoskeletal system. Your musculoskeletal system consists of joints, bones, muscles, ligaments, tendons, and nerves.
While all orthopedic surgeons have familiarized themselves with the musculoskeletal system through over a decade of study, a lot of orthopedists specialize in a particular area. Some of these specialties can include the shoulder and elbow, hand, foot and ankle, knee, hip, or spine. Many orthopedic surgeons also choose to work in a particular field like reconstructive surgery, bone tumors, trauma, sports medicine, or pediatrics.
The Training and Education of an Orthopedic Surgeon
Orthopedic surgeons obtain a lot of training in diagnosis techniques and the different treatments of diseases of the musculoskeletal system. Orthopedists have completed over 14 years of education before they become a surgeon. They must compelte four years of study at a college or university, four years of medical school, five years in an orthopedic residency, and many orthopedists do an additional year of fellowship training in their chosen specialty.
After an orthopedic surgeon completes their training, they will need to get board certified. To get board certified, orthopedists have to go through a peer review process and pass oral and written exams that are overseen by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery.
Orthopedic surgeons have to get recertified every ten years. Therefore, our surgeons spend many hours studying research and receiving continuing medical education credits to supplement their skills and knowledge.
What Type of People Do Orthopedic Surgeons Treat?
We at Florida Surgery Consultants treat people of all ages, from infants to the elderly. What all these patients will have in common is that they deal with conditions that range from disorders of the bones and joints to tears and diseases in the muscles, tendons, and ligaments that cover a person’s entire body.
What Do Orthopedists Treat?
An orthopedic surgeon in Tampa will treat many musculoskeletal issues without surgery. If a surgeon doesn’t operate on a patient, they may treat them using medication, exercise, and other types of rehabilitation. If they don’t respond to these treatments, then the surgeon may operate on the affected area.
An orthopedic surgeon in Tampa will treat some of the following issues and diseases:
What Surgeries do Orthopedic Surgeons Perform?
- Arthritis
- Back issues such as back pain, sciatica, and scoliosis
- Cerebral palsy and muscular dystrophy
- Dislocations and fractions
- Growth issues
- Osteoporosis
- Sports injuries
- Tendon injuries
- Torn cartilage
- Torn ligaments, strains, and sprains
Orthopedic surgeons perform some of the following procedures. This list does not act as an exhaustive one as these surgeons perform many types of surgeries.
- Arthroscopy: Joint surgeries where the surgeon uses a camera to treat the problem inside of a specific joint
- Fusion: Where bones get fused together using metal rods and bone grafts
- Joint Replacement
- Osteotomy: A bone deformity gets corrected by cutting and moving the bone to a new position
- Soft Tissue Repair
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If you would like to speak with and be seen by our experienced team of orthopedic surgeons in Tampa, FL please call and schedule an appointment today. We want to help you live and healthier and pain-free life.
