Main description:

This book is a complete guide to fundamental orthopaedics for surgeons and trainees.

Divided into eight sections, the text begins with detailed explanations of the ward round (casts, dressings, slings), instruments and implants, radiographs, and orthosis and prosthesis.

The following sections discuss bones and joints, surgical procedures, and the operation theatre, concluding with a brief history of orthopaedics.

The section on surgical procedures is presented in a question and answer format, highlighting questions commonly asked by examiners on ward rounds, along with their appropriate answers.

This comprehensive manual is enhanced by clinical photographs, illustrations and tables, and includes 'key points' boxes for quick revision.

Key Points

Comprehensive guide to fundamental orthopaedics for surgeons and trainees
Highlights questions commonly asked by examiners on ward rounds
Highly illustrated with clinical photographs, diagrams and tables
Includes 'key points' boxes for quick revision

Contents:

Section 1: Ward Round

Casting Material And Orthopedic Cast
Dressing Materials
Orthopedic Strappings, Bandages And Slings
Orthopedic Traction And Their Equipments
Patients On External Fixators
Miscellaneous Equipments In Ward

Section 2: Table Of Instruments And Implants

Tourniquet And Esmarch's Bandage
General Surgical Instruments
Retractors And Bone-Levers
Bone Cutting And Related Instruments
Bone And Plate Holding Instruments
Bone Piercing Instruments And Screw Drivers.
Ss Wire And K-Wire Handling Instruments
Miscellaneous Instruments
Special Instruments For Plating And Nailing
Key Instruments For Dhs And Dcs
Key Instrument Of Spine Surgery
Key Instrument Of Hip Hemiarthroplasty
Key Instrument Of Arthroscopy
Pins Stainless Steel Wire And K-Wires (Tbw)
Orthopedic Screw
Orthopedic Plating
Orthopedic Nailing
Special Implants Around Hip
Spinal Implantation
Osteotomy Fixation And Epiphysiodesis Implants
Arthroplasty Implants
Special Implants For Arthrodesis
Some Implants For External Fixator(Ao Fixator,Illizarov,Jess)
Miscellaneous Material (Suture Material Bone Cement Etc)

Section 3: Table Of Orthopaedic Radiographs

Radiographs Of Fracture
Radiographs Of Tumors
Radiographs Of Infective And Rheumatic Disorder
Radiographs Of Metabolic And Osteochondritic Disorder
Radiographs With Special Orthopedic Procedure

Section 4: Table Of Orthosis And Prosthesis

Basic About Arthosis
Lower Limb Orthosis
Upper Limb Orthosis
Spinal Orthosis
Basic About Prosthesis
Lower Limb Prosthesis
Upper Limb Prosthesis
Mobility Aids For Patients

Section 5: Table Of Bone, Joints Models And Specimens

Basic About Bone And Joints
Bone And Joints Of Upper Limb
Bone And Joints Of Lower Limb
Spine And Its Joints
Specimen Section

Section 6: Orthopedic Surgical Approaches

Surgical Approaches For Shoulder And Arm
Surgical Approaches For Distal Arm, Elbow And Proximal Forearm
Surgical Approaches For Forearm Wrist And Hand
Surgical Approaches For Spine
Surgical Approaches For Pelvis, Hip And Thigh.
Surgical Approaches For Distal Thigh, Knee And Proximal Leg.
Surgical Approaches For Leg, Ankle And Foot

Section 7: Operation Theatre and Sterilization

OT Structure, Equipment And Drugs
Principle Of Sterilization
Before Starting The Surgery

Section 8: Glorious History Of Orthopaedics

Era Before Roentgen
Era After Roentgen