Definition
A surgical specialty that utilizes medical, surgical, and physical methods to treat and correct deformities, diseases, and injuries to the skeletal system, its articulations, and associated structures (MeSH).
Scope and emphasis
Collected comprehensively.
Publication Details
Publication History
Last Update: November 9, 2018.
Copyright
Publisher
National Library of Medicine (US), Bethesda (MD)
NLM Citation
Collection Development Guidelines of the National Library of Medicine [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine (US); 2019-. Orthopedics. [Updated 2018 Nov 9].