Main description:

Pocket-size, user-friendly roadmap to learning the basic skills of orthopaedic surgery!

Surgery requires a combination of knowledge and skill acquired through years of direct observation, mentorship, and practice. The learning curve can be steep, frustrating, and intimidating for many medical students and junior residents. Too often, books and texts that attempt to translate the art of surgery are far too comprehensive for this audience and counterproductive to learning important basic skills to succeed. Outlines in Orthopaedic Surgery by Valentin Antoci and Adam Eltorai is the orthopaedic volume in a series of textbooks that offer a simplified roadmap to surgery. The text serves as starting point for learning orthopaedic surgery techniques, with room for adding notes, details, and pearls collected during the journey.

This unique resource outlines key steps for common orthopaedic procedures, laying a solid foundation of basic knowledge from which trainees can easily build and expand. Thirty-five chapters are systematically organized and formatted by subspecialty, starting with an introduction, followed by sections covering surgery of the hand, shoulder and elbow, joint arthroplasty, sports orthopaedics, spine surgery, orthopaedic trauma, foot and ankle, and pediatrics. Each chapter includes symptoms and signs, surgical pathology, diagnostic modalities, differential diagnosis, treatment options, indications for surgical intervention, step-by-step procedures, pitfalls, and prognosis.

Key Features

Concise text and bullets provide quick procedural outlines essential for understanding procedural steps
The generously illustrated text encompasses a full spectrum of musculoskeletal disorders related to degenerative changes, injuries, and congenital conditions
Treatment of a variety of fractures including both bones of the forearm, Monteggia and olecranon, lateral malleolus/bimalleolar ankle, and supracondylar humeral and intramedullary fixation of forearm fractures in pediatric patients

This is an ideal, easy-to-read resource for medical students and junior residents to utilize during orthopaedic surgery rotations and for quick consultation during the early years of practice. It will also benefit allied health professionals who need a quick guide on core orthopaedic surgery procedures.

This book includes complimentary access to a digital copy on https://medone.thieme.com.

Contents:

Part I Introduction

1 Preoperative Planning and Preparation

2 Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Templating

Part II Hand Surgery

3 Open Carpal Tunnel Release

4 Trigger Finger Release

5 Open Reduction Internal Fixation of Distal Radius Fractures

6 Both Bone Forearm Fracture

Part III Shoulder and Elbow

7 Monteggia Fracture Including Olecranon Fracture

8 Distal and Diaphyseal Humerus Plating

9 Proximal Humerus Open Reduction and Internal Fixation

10 Shoulder Arthroplasty

Part IV Joint Anthroplasty

11 Posterior Approach to Hip Arthroplasty

12 Anterolateral Approach to Hip Arthroplasty

13 Direct Anterior Approach to Hip Arthroplasty

14 Component Positioning in Hip Arthroplasty

15 Total Knee Arthroplasty

Part V Sports Orthopaedics

16 Knee Arthroscopy and Meniscectomy

17 Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

18 Shoulder Arthroscopy and Labral Repair

19 Hip Arthroscopy

Part VI Spine Surgery

20 Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion (ACDF)

21 Lumbar Microdiscectomy

22 Posterior Lumbar Laminectomy and Pedicle Screw Instrumentation

Part VII Trauma

23 Antegrade Femoral Nailing

24 Retrograde Femoral Nailing

25 Tibial Nailing

26 Lateral Tibial Plateau Open Reduction Internal Fixation

27 Lateral Malleolus/Bimalleolar Ankle Fractures

Part VIII Foot and Ankle

28 Ankle Arthroscopy

29 Modified Brostrom Procedure

30 Achilles Tendon Repair

31 Hallux Valgus Surgery

Part IX Pediatrics

32 Intramedullary Fixation of Midshaft Forearm Fractures

33 Supracondylar Humeral Fracture

34 Femoral Rotational Osteotomy

35 Gastrocnemius, Hamstring, and Adductor Releases/Lengthening