Jean-Andre Venel better known as father of orthopaedics established the first orthopedic institute for the treatment of skeletal deformities in children in 1780, Orthopaedic ssurgery evolved majorly during World Wars. Before that Antonius Mathysen,who was a Dutch military surgeon, invented the plaster of Paris cast in 1851.

Later David L. MacIntosh conducted the first successful surgery for the management of the torn anterior cruciate ligament of the knee. Sskiers, field athletes, and dancers suffer from this problem that results in an end to their flourishing careers due to permanent joint instability.. The subsequesnt development of ACL reconstruction surgery has allowed numerous athletes to return to the demands of sports at all levels.

Modern orthopaedic surgery and musculoskeletal research has sought to make surgery less invasive and to make implanted components better and more durable.