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Orthopedics

"Orthopedics" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A surgical specialty which utilizes medical, surgical, and physical methods to treat and correct deformities, diseases, and injuries to the skeletal system, its articulations, and associated structures.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Orthopedics" by people in this website by year, and whether "Orthopedics" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 116 publications over 27 distinct years, with a maximum of 13 publications in 2008
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