Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics, also spelled orthopaedics, is the branch of surgery concerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system. Orthopedic surgeons use both surgical and nonsurgical means to treat musculoskeletal trauma, spine diseases, sports injuries, degenerative diseases, infections, tumors, and congenital disorders.

Common problems  treated by orthopedic doctors are low back pain, fractures, knee pain, joint pains,neck pain,  arthritis, bursitis, fibromyalgia, foot pain, hip pain, kyphosis, scoliosis, shoulder pain, soft tissue injuries, hand and wrist pain, pagets disease, osteoporosis, bone tumors.

The common procedures performed by orthopedic surgeons are a

1. Knee arthroscopy and meniscectomy
2. Shoulder arthroscopy and decompression
3. Carpal tunnel release
4. Knee arthroscopy and chondroplasty
5. Removal of support implant
6. Knee arthroscopy and anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
7. Knee replacement
8. Repair of femoral neck fracture
9. Repair of trochanteric fracture
10. Debridement of skin/muscle/bone/fracture
11. Knee arthroscopy repair of both menisci
12. Hip replacement
13. Shoulder arthroscopy/distal clavicle excision
14. Repair of rotator cuff tendon
15. Repair fracture of radius (bone)/ulna
16. Laminectomy
17. Repair of ankle fracture (bimalleolar type)
18. Shoulder arthroscopy and debridement
19. Lumbar spinal fusion
20. Repair fractureof the distal part of radius
21. Low back intervertebral discsurgery
22. Incise finger tendon sheath
23. Repair of ankle fracture(fibula)
24. Repair of femoral shaft fracture
25. Repair of trochanteric fracture