Main description:

Essential Orthopaedics is the fifth edition of this highly illustrated resource, ideal for undergraduate revision.

Each of the 48 chapters has been thoroughly revised and updated, and an MCQs section has been added to the end of each chapter to aid revision. The chapters begin with a brief review of the relevant anatomy, before discussing basic principles and treatment, with various methods and their indications.

The broad range of topics includes anatomy of bone and fracture healing, deformities and their management, bone tumours, spinal injuries and degenerative disorders. Orthopaedic injuries to specific parts of the body are given individual chapters, for example injuries around the elbow, and injuries to the leg, ankle and foot.

Essential Orthopaedics provides a chapter on recent advances in the treatment of fractures, offering the most up-to-date information in this constantly changing field. Presenting a practical approach to various common emergencies, enhanced by sections on orthopaedic terminology and over 380 full colour images and illustrations, this book is an invaluable revision resource for undergraduate medical students.

Key Points

• Fifth Edition of orthopaedic revision resource


• Previous edition published 2012 (9788184655421)


• MCQ and terminology sections to aid revision


• 382 full colour images and illustrations

Contents:

1. Orthopaedic Trauma: Introduction


2. Anatomy of Bone and Fracture Healing


3. Treatment of Fractures: General Principles


4. Splints and Tractions


5. Recent Advances in the Treatment of Fractures


6. Approach to a Patient with Limb Injury


7. Complications of Fractures


8. Injury to Joints: Dislocation and Subluxation


9. Fractures in Children


10. Peripheral Nerve Injuries


11. Deformities and their Management


12. Treatment of Orthopaedic Disorders: A General Review


13. Injuries around the Shoulder, Fracture Humerus


14. Injuries around the Elbow


15. Injuries of the Forearm and Wrist


16. Hand Injuries


17. Pelvic Fractures


18. Injuries around the Hip


19. Fracture Shaft of Femur


20. Injuries around the Knee


21. Injuries to the Leg, Ankle and Foot


22. Infections of Bones and Joints


23. Tuberculosis of Bones and Joints


24. Infections of the Hand


25. Congenital Talipes Equino Varus (CTEV)


26. Congenital Dislocation of the Hip and Other Malformations


27. Poliomyelitis and Other Neuromuscular Disorders


28. Bone Tumours


29. Prolapsed Intervertebral Disc


30. Approach to a Patient with Back Pain


31. Spinal Injuries


32. Traumatic Paraplegia


33. Scoliosis and Other Spinal Deformities


34. Arthritis and Related Diseases


35. Degenerative Disorders


36. Affections of the Soft Tissues


37. Metabolic Bone Diseases


38. Miscellaneous Affections of the Bone


39. Miscellaneous Regional Diseases


40. Amputations, Prosthetics and Orthotics


41. Arthroscopic Surgery


42. Joint Replacement Surgery


43. Annexures


44. Index