Essential Orthopaedics

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

Annexures
Annexure 1 : Clinical Methods
Annexure 2 : Orthopaedic Terminology
Annexure 3 : Orthopaedic Instruments and Implants

Index

Authors

J. Maheshwari MS Orth (AIIMS)
Formerly: Additional Professor of Orthopaedics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, Presently: Director, Knee and Shoulder Clinic, New Delhi, India

Vikram A Mhaskar MS Orth, MCh Orth (UK)
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Knee and Shoulder Clinic, New Delhi, India