Main description:

Providing a concise approach to the subject, the new edition of Lecture Notes: Orthopaedics and Fractures reflects recentchanges to medical education and includes new managementtechniques. Divided into two major sections, 'General Principles'covers form and function, fractures, trauma and musculo-skeletaldisorders; while 'Regional Orthopaedics' covers the examination ofand conditions affecting individual regions of the body i.e. footand ankle, spine and trunk. This ensures the content is integratedto allow better and easier navigation. Featuring an extensive collection of X-rays and photographs oforthopaedic conditions, Lecture Notes: Orthopaedics andFractures is ideal for any medical students, junior doctors,nurses or allied health professionals who want a core introductionto this important specialty. Review of the previous edition "It provides excellent grounding and preparation for theattachment." 5th Year Medical Student

Contents:

Contributors. Preface to fourth edition. Preface to first edition. Part 1: General principles. 1 Musculoskeletal structures and function. 2 Soft tissue injuries and healing. 3 Nerve injuries and repair. 4 Fractures and healing. 5 Fractures principles of management. 6 Complications of fractures. 7 Major trauma. 8 Congenital malformations. 9 Generalised orthopaedic conditions. 10 Inflammatory conditions. 11 Degenerative conditions. 12 Neoplastic conditions of bone and soft tissue. 13 Infections. 14 Metabolic diseases of bone. 15 Examination of the musculoskeletal system. Part 2: Regional orthopaedics. 16 The forearm, wrist and hand. 17 The elbow. 18 The shoulder and upper arm. 19 The spine. 20 The pelvis. 21 The hip and thigh. 22 The knee and lower leg. 23 The foot and ankle. 24 Orthopaedic techniques. Appendix. Index.