In Part 1 of this 2-part post, we went over the form and function of orthopedic screws. However, another common method of internal fixation you’ve surely seen (or will see)......

Regardless of the subspecialty you’re rotating on as a medical student, it’s pretty much inevitable that you’ll see fractures fixed with plates and/or screws. While the nuances of orthopedic implants......

Draping can seem like a foreign language or a dance where you know none of the steps. Medical students and new interns often watch from afar as scrub techs, senior......

If you’re anything like me, when you first started your surgery rotation, your mind was probably far too occupied with figuring out what on earth you were looking at in......

I remember being a med student interested in Ortho. I had always heard that the schedule could be tough, but I never really knew exactly what a day looked like......