Main description:

Key Clinical Topics in Orthopaedic Trauma offers an indispensable practical guide for clinical practice and exam revision. Presented in an A to Z format, this book provides rapid access to the core topics in orthopaedic trauma. By providing a collection of succinct topics that are easy to follow and essential to know, this invaluable book will enhance the clinical knowledge and practical skills of all trainees involved in orthopaedic trauma medicine.

Contents:

1 Amputations - mangled extremities and decision making

2 Amputations - prosthetics and rehabilitation

3 Ankle - supination and pronation external rotation fractures

4 Ankle - supination-adduction and pronation-abduction fractures

5 Ankle - talar fractures

6 Ankle - Achilles tendon ruptures

7 Bone grafts

8 Bone loss - options for reconstruction

9 Bone structure and physiology

10 Brachial plexus injury

11 Classification of fractures

12 Clavicle dislocations

13 Clavicle fractures

14 Compartment syndrome

15 Complex regional pain syndrome

16 Crush injuries

17 Damage control orthopaedics and trauma physiology

18 Elbow - dislocations and associated fractures

19 Elbow - olecranon fractures

20 Elbow - radial head and neck fractures

21 Fat embolism and acute respiratory distress syndrome

22 Femoral fractures - distal

23 Femoral fractures - periprosthetic

24 Femoral fractures - shaft

25 Femoral fractures - subtrochanteric

26 Femoral neck fractures - extracapsular

27 Femoral neck fractures - intracapsular

28 Foot - calcaneal fractures

29 Foot - Lisfranc's fractures and dislocations

30 Foot - subtalar and Chopart's dislocations

31 Foot - mid- and forefoot fractures

32 Forearm - distal radius fractures

33 Forearm - Galeazzi's and Monteggia's fractures

34 Forearm - radius and ulna fractures

35 Fracture healing

36 Geriatric patients - perioperative management of hip fractures

37 Guidelines in trauma

38 Gunshot injures

39 Hand and wrist - carpal dislocations

40 Hand and wrist - carpal fractures

41 Hand and wrist - metacarpal fractures

42 Hand and wrist - phalangeal fractures

43 Hand and wrist - scaphoid fractures

44 Hand and wrist - tendon ruptures

45 Head injuries

46 Humerus fractures - distal

47 Humerus fractures - proximal

48 Imaging - describing and interpreting

49 Imaging - modalities

50 Implants - circular external fixators

51 Implants - monolateral external fixators

52 Implants - intramedullarynails

53 Implants - plates

54 Implants - screws

55 Infection

56 Initial management of fractures

57 Knee - cruciate ligament injuries

58 Knee - extensor mechanism disruption

59 Knee - meniscal injuries

60 Knee - patella fractures

61 Knee dislocations - multiligament injuries

62 Major trauma - advanced trauma life support principles

63 Major trauma networks

64 Malunion and deformity correction

65 Multiple casualties

66 Nail bed injuries

67 Nonunion

68 Open fractures

69 Osteoporosis and bone health

70 Paediatric clavicle fractures

71 Paediatric humeral fractures

72 Paediatric distal tibial and ankle fractures

73 Paediatric femoral fractures

74 Paediatric forearm fractures

75 Paediatric fractures - nonaccidental injury

76 Paediatric humeral condylar fractures

77 Paediatric physeal fractures - basic principles

78 Paediatric supracondylar humerus fractures

79 Paediatric tibial fractures

80 Pathological fractures

81 Pelvis - acetabular fractures

82 Pelvis - pelvic ring fractures

83 Peripheral nerve injury

84 Management of fractures - nonoperative

85 Management of fractures - operative

86 Resuscitation and massive transfusion

87 Septic arthritis - child

88 Septic arthritis and crystal arthropathy - adult

89 Shoulder - dislocations

90 Shoulder - scapula and glenoid fractures

91 Soft tissue coverage in trauma

92 Spine - cord injury

93 Spine - thoracic and lumbar fractures

94 Spine - atlas and axis cervical fractures and dislocations

95 Spine - subaxial cervical fractures and dislocations

96 Tibial pilon fractures

97 Tibial plateau fractures

98 Tibial shaft fractures

99 Trauma classification systems

100 Trauma outcome scores and patient-reported outcome measures

101 Triage

102 Whiplash