ortopediliste
Ortopediliste is a term used in Romanian to refer to orthopedists, professionals who specialize in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disorders affecting the musculoskeletal system. The field encompasses bones, joints, ligaments, tendons, muscles, and related structures, and orthopedists manage conditions ranging from fractures and sports injuries to congenital deformities and degenerative diseases. In Romanian, ortopediste denotes female orthopedists (with ortopedisti as the masculine plural and ortopedistă as the singular feminine).
Education and training typically involve earning a medical degree followed by a residency in orthopedics. Many
Subspecialties and scope of practice
- Pediatric orthopedics focuses on bone and joint problems in children.
- Spine surgery addresses disorders of the spine, including degenerative disease, deformities, and traumatic injuries.
- Joint replacement and arthroplasty involve surgical restoration of damaged joints such as the hip or knee.
- Sports medicine emphasizes nonoperative care and surgical repair of injuries related to athletic activity.
- Trauma orthopedics concentrates on acute injury management and fracture stabilization.
Orthopedists perform surgeries (eg, fracture fixation, arthroscopy, joint replacement, deformity correction) and non-surgical treatments (casting, bracing,