Orthopedic surgery

According to applications for board certification from 1999 to 2003, the top 25 most common procedures (in order) performed by orthopedic surgeons are as follows[3]:

* Knee arthroscopy and meniscectomy
* Shoulder arthroscopy and decompression
* Carpal tunnel release
* Knee arthroscopy and chondroplasty
* Removal of support implant
* Knee arthroscopy and anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
* Knee replacement
* Repair of femoral neck fracture
* Repair of trochanteric fracture
* Debridement of skin/muscle/bone/fracture
* Knee arthroscopy repair of both menisci
* Hip replacement
* Shoulder arthroscopy/distal clavicle excision
* Repair of rotator cuff tendon
* Repair fracture of radius (bone)/ulna
* Laminectomy
* Repair of ankle fracture (bimalleolar type)
* Shoulder arthroscopy and débridement
* Lumbar spinal fusion
* Repair fracture of the distal part of radius
* Low back intervertebral disc surgery
* Incise finger tendon sheath
* Repair of ankle fracture (fibula)
* Repair of femoral shaft fracture
* Repair of trochanteric fracture
* Arthroscopy

from wikipedia