
Textbook of Orthopaedics
- 3rd Edition - December 3, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier India
- Authors: Alok Sud, Rahul Ranjan
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 8 1 - 3 1 2 - 7 0 0 3 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 8 1 - 3 1 2 - 7 0 0 8 - 0
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Request a sales quoteThis book is written in an easy to comprehend, reproducible manner for the undergraduate students preparing for examinations in accordance with CBME program. Text presented in bullets, tables and flowcharts supported with illustration/images, radiograph and summary of treatment charts build up the concepts. Videos on the clinical examinations and procedural skills help students visualise the concepts which are otherwise difficult to grasp. The book also includes short notes, MCQs and viva voce questions for PG entrance examination
Key Features
New to this Edition
• Complimentary access to full e-book, videos, short notes, MCQs and viva voce.
- The book follows a concise approach to enable quick grasping before an examination, without losing on concepts. This helps students prepare for MCQs, short notes and long questions.
- Accompanying Clinical Examination Videos (on MedEnact) helps students in preparing for the practical examinations.
- Relevant anatomy given in each section is in accordance with the current integrative approach in medical teaching.
- Highly Illustrated with clear diagrams and images for better understanding of the subject.
- Separate chapters containing exhaustive list of implants; instruments and metallurgy with images for easy recognition are included.
- Chapter on Head, Chest and Abdominal injuries includes the management of poly-trauma patients with ATLS approach.
- Better exposure and practice of key procedures are demonstrated with the help of digital content.
New to this Edition
- Textbook of Orthopaedics, 3rd edition, has been completely revised and updated and covers all the competencies as per the New CBME curriculum (2024).
- Topics from anatomy, pathology, microbiology, forensic medicine, general medicine and physical medicine have been integrated at relevant sites and marked for reference.
- Communication skills, counselling and informed consent, and sports injury have been included.
- Chapters have been edited, and duplicity of the text and figures has been removed. Parts unimportant for undergraduate training have been removed.
- Texts on clubfoot and developmental dysplasia of the hip have been revised and made simpler to understand.
- Summary boxes have been provided at the end of each chapter for quick revision.
- New MCQs have been added at the end of each chapter. This will aid for NEXT Exam—2025.
- Procedural skill videos are included for hands-on experience. Videos available on above and below knee cast, above elbow plaster of paris slab, above elbow POP cast, above knee slab, below elbow slab, below knee slab, cramer wire splint, cuff and collar sling, figure of 8 splint for fracture clavicle, shoulder strap (RJS) and Thomas knee splint.
• Complimentary access to full e-book, videos, short notes, MCQs and viva voce.
- Title of Book
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Preface to 3rd Edition
- Preface to 2nd Edition
- Preface for 1st Edition
- How to Use This Book for Orthopaedic Exam
- Tips for a Fast and Long Time Grasp
- Competency List
- Table of Video Content
- Section I: General Orthopaedics
- 1. Introduction
- Chapter Outline
- Reaching a Diagnosis in Orthopaedics
- Treatment of Orthopaedic Disorders
- Communication and Counselling
- Counselling
- Informed Consent
- MCQs NeXT Exam
- 2. Basic Bone Sciences and Metabolic Disorders of Bone
- Chapter Outline
- Bone
- Types of Bone Formation (Ossification) (Table 2.1)
- Cells of the Bone
- Bone Matrix
- Bone Remodelling
- Growth of Bone
- Normal Bone Metabolism
- Metabolic Diseases of Skeletal System
- Other Disorders of the Mineral Phase of Bone
- Diseases of the Organic Phase of Bone
- Periosteal Reaction in Children
- Fluorosis
- Paget Disease (Osteitis Deformans)
- Osteoporosis
- Osteomalacia
- Heterotrophic Ossification
- Osteochondrosis
- MCQs NeXT Exam
- 3. Anatomy of Joints and Joint Affections
- Chapter outline
- Joints
- Lubrication of Human Joints
- Cartilage
- Systemic Approach to Joint Pains
- Osteoarthritis and Degenerative Joint Disorder
- Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis
- Neuropathic Arthropathy (Charcot Joint Disease)
- Acute Rheumatic Fever
- Ochronosis
- Fibromyalgia
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Polymyalgia Rheumatica
- Spondyloarthropathies
- Axial Spondyloarthropathy
- Ankylosing Spondylitis (Marie–Strumpell Arthritis/Bechterew Disease/Enthesopathy)
- Sexually Acquired Reactive Arthritis
- Psoriatic Arthropathy
- Enteropathic Arthritis
- Crystal Deposition Arthritis
- Haemorrhagic Arthritis (Haemophilic Arthropathy)
- Sickle Cell Disease
- MCQs NeXT Exam
- 4. Osteoarticular Infections
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- Predisposing Factors to Osteoarticular Infections
- Septic Arthritis
- Osteomyelitis
- Spirochaetal Infections
- Osteoarticular Tuberculosis
- Hansen Disease (Leprosy)
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Septic Arthritis
- Surgical Infections
- Implant Infection and Management
- Infected Non-union and Management
- MCQs NeXT Exam
- 5. Common Genetic Disorders and Dysplasia
- Chapter Outline
- Bony Dysplasia (Dwarfism)
- Connective Tissue Disorders
- Mucopolysaccharidosis
- Chromosomal Disorders
- MCQs NeXT Exam
- 6. Neuromuscular Disorders
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- Physiology of Skeletal Muscle Contraction
- Muscle Injury
- Gait
- Upper Motor Neuron Movement Disorders
- Lower Motor Neuron Movement Disorders
- Muscle Dystrophies
- MCQs NeXT Exam
- 7. Peripheral Nerve Injuries
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- Structure of Peripheral Nerve
- Classification of Nerve Injury
- Brachial Plexus Injury
- Axillary Nerve Injury
- Long Thoracic Nerve of Bell Injury
- Spinal Accessory Nerve Injury
- Suprascapular Nerve Injury
- Median Nerve Injury
- Ulnar Nerve Injury
- Radial Nerve Injury
- Sciatic Nerve Injury
- Femoral Nerve
- Injury of Lateral Cutaneous Nerve of the Thigh
- Entrapment Neuropathies (Nerve Compression Syndromes)
- MCQs NeXT Exam
- 8. Bone Tumours
- Chapter outline
- Bone Tumours
- Treatment Guidelines for Malignant Tumours
- Treatment of Benign Tumours
- Classification of Bone Tumours (Table 8.4)
- Soft Tissue Tumours of Musculoskeletal System
- Primary Malignant Bone, Cartilage and Marrow Tumours
- Metastatic Bone Disease
- MCQs NeXT Exam
- 9. Amputations, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Walking Aids Physical Medicineand Rehabilitation
- Chapter Outline
- Amputation
- Prostheses
- Orthoses
- Walking Aids
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Management of Pain by Physical Methods
- Rehabilitation After Amputation
- Rehabilitation After Immobilisation for Fractures
- Rehabilitation for Pressure Ulcers
- Rehabilitation in Spinal Cord Injury
- Disability
- MCQs NeXT Exam
- Section II: Regional Orthopaedics
- 10. Back, Neck and the Spinal Cord
- Chapter Outline
- Relevant Anatomy and Important Facts
- Examination of the Back
- Sacroiliac Joint Examination
- Spinal Deformities
- Kyphosis
- Acute Low Backache (Acute Lumbago)
- Chronic Back Pain
- Spinal Infections
- Neck
- MCQs NeXT Exam
- 11. Shoulder and Elbow
- Chapter Outline
- Relevant Anatomy of Shoulder and Important Facts
- Clinical Examination of Shoulder
- Impingement Syndrome/Rotator Cuff TEAR/Supraspinatus Tendinitis
- Superior Labral Anterior to Posterior Injuries (Fig. 11.11)
- Frozen Shoulder (Adhesive Capsulitis)
- Disorders of Scapula and Clavicle
- Elbow
- Examination of Elbow Joint
- Elbow Deformities
- Rheumatoid Arthritis of Elbow
- Local Causes of Elbow Pain
- MCQs NeXT Exam
- 12. Wrist and Hand
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- Relevant Anatomy and Important Facts
- Examination of Wrist and Hand
- Congenital Anomalies of Hand and Wrist (Table 12.4)
- Infections of Hand
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Miscellaneous Arthritis of Hand and Wrist (Table 12.5)
- Other Conditions of Wrist and Hand
- MCQs NeXT Exam
- 13. Hip
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- Relevant Anatomy and Important Facts
- History and Clinical Examination
- Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip
- Coxa Vara
- Proximal Focal Femoral Deficiency/Congenital Femoral Deficiency
- Transient Synovitis of Hip
- Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis
- Perthes Disease (Legg–Calve–Perthes Disease, Coxa Plana, Adolescent Coxa Vara)
- Septic Arthritis of Hip Joint
- Tuberculosis of Hip
- Rheumatoid Arthritis of Hip
- Osteoarthritis of Hip and Anatomical Basis
- Osteonecrosis (Avascular Necrosis) of Hip
- Transient Osteoporosis of Hip (Marrow Oedema Syndrome)
- Femoral Acetabular Impingement
- Soft Tissue Conditions Around Hip Joint
- MCQs NeXT Exam
- 14. Knee
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- Relevant Anatomy and Important Facts
- Clinical Examination
- Congenital Anomalies of the Knee
- Deformities of Knee and Leg
- Osteoarthritis of the Knee Joint and Anatomical Basis
- Chondromalacia of Patella (Patellofemoral Pain/Overload Syndrome)
- Osteochondritis Dissecans
- Fat Pad Affections
- Loose Bodies in the Knee
- Pellegrini–Stieda Disease
- Patellar Tendinopathy (Sinding-Larsen−Johansson Syndrome)
- Stiff Knee
- Tuberculosis of Knee Joint
- Inflammatory Arthritis of the Knee (see Chapter 3)
- Bursae at the Knee
- Swellings of Knee Joints
- MCQs NeXT Exam
- 15. Ankle and Foot
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- Relevant Brief Anatomy and Important Facts
- Examination of Ankle and Foot
- Deformities at the Foot and Ankle
- Painful Heel
- Painful Feet
- Miscellaneous Disorders
- MCQs NeXT Exam
- Section III: Musculoskeletal Injuries
- Part A: General Principles
- 16. Fractures and Dislocations: General Principles
- Chapter Outline
- Definition
- Biomechanics of Fractures
- Mechanism of Fractures Due to Injury
- Types of Fracture
- Fracture Healing in Cortical Bone (Fig. 16.4A)
- Fracture Healing in Cancellous Bones
- Types of Fracture Healing According to Treatment Employed
- Factors Affecting Fracture Healing
- Soft Tissue Injury
- Dislocation and Subluxation
- Fractures in Children
- Battered Baby Syndrome
- Geriatric Fracture
- Disability Rehabilitation in Elderly Patients
- Sports Injuries
- MCQs NeXT Exam
- 17. Fracture Management
- Chapter Outline
- Immediate Management of the Fractured Patient at the Site of Injury
- Immediate Management of the Fractured Patient in Hospital
- Definitive Management of Fracture
- Management of Open (Compound) Fractures
- Gunshot/Firearms Injuries and Open Fractures
- Limb and Joint Rehabilitation
- 18. Splints, Tractions, Implants and Instruments
- Chapter Outline
- Splints
- Traction
- Orthopaedic Implants
- Instruments
- Metallurgy
- Biodegradable Implants
- MCQs NeXT Exam
- 19. Complications of Fractures
- Chapter Outline
- Early Local Complications
- Early Systemic Complications
- Intermediate Complications
- Chronic Complications
- MCQs NeXT Exam
- 20. Head, Chest and Abdominal Injury and Management of Polytrauma
- Chapter Outline
- Head Injury
- Chest Injury
- Abdominal Injury
- Polytrauma
- Damage Control Orthopaedics (Table 20.6)
- Injuries Related to Rail Accidents
- Injuries Related to Earthquake
- Mechanical Injuries and Wounds: Examination and Certification of Wounds
- MCQs NeXT Exam
- Part B: Regional Injuries: Injuries of Upper Limb and Hand
- 21. Injuries of Shoulder and Arm
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- Clavicle Fractures
- Scapula Fractures
- Shoulder (Glenohumeral) Dislocation
- Proximal Humerus Fractures
- Fracture Shaft of Humerus
- MCQs NeXT Exam
- 22. Injuries Around the Elbow
- Chapter Outline
- Supracondylar Fracture of Humerus
- Lateral Condyle Fracture
- Fractures of Medial Condyle
- Intercondylar Fracture of the Humerus
- Sideswipe Elbow Injuries
- Fractures of the Olecranon
- Fractures of Radial Head and Neck
- Fractures of Capitellum
- Coronoid Fractures
- Elbow Dislocation
- Pulled Elbow (Nursemaid’s Elbow)
- MCQs NeXT Exam
- 23. Injuries of the Forearm
- Chapter Outline
- Relevant Anatomy and Important Facts
- Displacement
- Fracture of Both Bones (Radius and Ulna)
- Single Bone Fracture in Forearm (With No Joint Involvement)
- Single Bone Fracture in Forearm (With Joint Subluxation)
- Fractures of the Distal Radius
- MCQs NeXT Exam
- 24. Injuries of Wrist and Hand
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- Scaphoid Fracture
- Lunate Fracture
- Lunate and Perilunate Dislocations
- COMMON Thumb Injuries
- Finger Injuries
- Tendon Injuries
- MCQs NeXT Exam
- Part C: Regional Injuries: Injuries of the Lower Limb and Spine
- 25. Pelvis and Hip Injuries
- Chapter Outline
- Fractures and Dislocations of Hip
- Fracture Neck of Femur (Intracapsular)
- Intertrochanteric Fractures (Extracapsular Fractures)
- Subtrochanteric Fractures
- Hip Dislocation
- Fractures of Acetabulum
- Pelvic Injuries and Haemodynamics
- Injury to Coccyx
- MCQs NeXT Exam
- 26. Thigh and Knee Injuries
- Chapter Outline
- Fracture of Shaft of the Femur
- Injuries of the Knee
- Injury to the Extensor Apparatus of Knee (Fig. 26.13)
- Fractures of the Distal Femur (Supracondylar and Intercondylar)
- Fractures of the Tibial Plateau
- Floating Knee (Fig. 26.18)
- Dislocation of the Knee
- Acute Patellar Dislocation
- Recurrent Patellar Dislocation
- MCQs NeXT Exam
- 27. Injuries of Leg, Ankle and Foot
- Chapter Outline
- Fractures of Tibia and Fibula
- Isolated Fibula Fractures
- Ankle Injuries
- Ankle Dislocation
- Soft Tissue Injuries Around the Ankle
- Ruptured Tendo-Achilles (Fig. 27.13)
- Foot Injury
- MCQs NeXT Exam
- 28. Spine Injuries and Paraplegia
- Chapter Outline
- Spinal Injuries
- Mechanism of Injury
- Stable and Unstable Injuries
- Thoracolumbar Spine Injuries
- Lower Cervical Spine Injuries
- Upper Cervical Spine Injuries
- Spinal Cord Injuries and Paraplegia
- Cauda Equina Syndrome
- Conus Medullaris Syndrome
- Summary of Spinal Injury Treatment
- MCQs NeXT Exam
- Answers to MCQs
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 12
- Chapter 13
- Chapter 14
- Chapter 15
- Chapter 16
- Chapter 17
- Chapter 18
- Chapter 19
- Chapter 20
- Chapter 21
- Chapter 22
- Chapter 23
- Chapter 24
- Chapter 25
- Chapter 26
- Chapter 27
- Chapter 28
- Index
- Edition: 3
- Published: December 3, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier India
- No. of pages: 542
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9788131270035
- eBook ISBN: 9788131270080