Textbook of Orthopedics (5^th Ed.)

This book is a comprehensive guide to orthopaedics for postgraduate medical students.

The fifth edition has been fully revised to present the latest developments and understanding in the field. The book covers numerous injuries and disorders, with each topic beginning with an overview of relevant anatomy, followed by principles and methods of diagnosis and clinical and surgical management.

Each chapter includes a brief summary outlining key points, as well as example X-Rays for the topic in discussion.

The fifth edition features new sections on trauma, geriatric orthopaedics, arthroscopy, and surgical techniques, as well as additional images including new X-Rays and MRI scans, and line diagrams.

Key Points

• Comprehensive guide to orthopaedics for postgraduate medical students
• Fully revised, fifth edition with new topics
• More than 1300 clinical images and diagrams, many new to this edition
• Previous edition (9788184487442) published in 2010

1. Trauma—A Modern International Epidemic
2. Know Your Skeletal System
3. General Principles of Fractures and Dislocations
4. Complications of Fractures
5. Emergency Care of the Injured
6. Fracture Treatment Methods: Then, Now and Future
7. Recent Advances in Fracture Treatment
8. Fracture Healing Methods
9. Soft Tissue Injuries
10. Fractures in Special Situations
11. Injuries Around the Shoulder
12. Injuries of the Arm
13. Injuries Around the Elbow
14. Injuries of the Forearm
15. Injuries to the Wrist
16. Hand Injuries
17. Dislocations and Fracture Dislocations of the Hip Joint
18. Fracture Femur
19. Injuries of the Knee
20. Fracture of Tibia and Fibula
21. Injuries of the Ankle
22. Injuries of the Foot
23. Pelvic Injuries, Rib and Coccyx Injuries
24. Injuries of the Spine
25. Peripheral Nerve Injuries
26. Approach to Orthopedic Disorders
27. Deformities and their Management
28. Treatment of Orthopedic Disorders
29. Regional Conditions of the Neck
30. Regional Conditions of the Upper Limb
31. Regional Conditions of the Spine
32. Regional Conditions of the Lower Limb
33. Disorders of the Hand
34. Low Backache and Repetitive Stress Injury (RSI)
35. Congenital Disorders
36. Developmental Disorders
37. Metabolic Disorders
38. Osteomyelitis
39. Skeletal Tuberculosis
40. Disorders of Joints (Arthritis)
41. Rheumatic Diseases
42. Neuromuscular Disorders
43. Bone Neoplasias
44. Distal Forearm Fractures
45. Fracture Neck of Femur
46. Osteoporosis
47. Osteoarthritis
48. Cervical Disk Syndromes
49. Lumbar Disk Disease and Canal Stenosis
50. Common Surgeries of the Humerus
51. Common Forearm Surgeries
52. Common Hip Surgeries
53. Common Surgery of the Femur
54. Common Surgery of the Patella
55. Common Surgery of the Tibia
56. Turco’s One Stage Posteromedial Release for CTEV
57. Common Surgery of the Spine
58. Common Finger and Toe Surgery (Percutaneous Fixations)
59. External Fixation
60. Amputations
61. Prosthetics and Orthotics
62. Sports Injuries
63. Arthroscopy
64. Standard Arthroscopy Portals
65. 9-Point Diagnostic Knee Arthroscopy
66. Arthroplasty
67. Evidence Based Orthopedics

APPENDICES

Glossary

Index

John Ebnezar D’Ortho DNB MNAMS DAc DMT PhD INOR Fellow
Consulting Orthopaedic and Spine Surgeon and Holistic Orthopaedic Expert, Sports Specialist, Bangalore, Karnataka, India