Salient Features

* Most chapters begin with a brief review of relevant anatomy to help students to refresh what they had learn t so far.

* While discussing treatment of a condition, a brief mention of principles is made first, followed by the various methods and their indications.

* Simple line diagrams have been used to supplement the text.

* Self-explanatory flow-charts are used in order to develop a concept in decision-making.

* Tables are used to present the text matter in a concentrated form and allow review at a glance.

* Information on instruments and implants that are commonly used in orthopedics are provided as an appendix.

* Section on “Orthopedic Terminology” helps to review at glance, the meaning of different terms

Table of Contents

1. Orthopedic 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 Orthopedic 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 Neuro-muscular Disorders

28. Bone Tumours

29. Prolapsed Inter-vertebral 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. De-generative 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. Sports Medicine and Arthroscopic Surgery

42. Joint Replacement Surgery

Annexes

Index