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General Principles of Orthopedics and Trauma

  • Features a ?step-by-step approach enabling the reader to easily assimilate the material covered

  • Contains concise practically applicable guidance on how to apply the most recent advances in the field into daily clinical practice

  • Provides therapeutic pathway diagrams of best practice

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Table of contents (37 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
  2. Complications of Fractures

    • K. Mohan Iyer
    Pages 19-26
  3. Fractures in Children

    • K. Mohan Iyer
    Pages 27-34
  4. Infection

    • K. Mohan Iyer
    Pages 35-55
  5. Osteoarthritis

    • K. Mohan Iyer
    Pages 57-62
  6. Rheumatoid Arthritis

    • K. Mohan Iyer
    Pages 63-74
  7. Tuberculosis

    • K. Mohan Iyer
    Pages 75-115
  8. Peripheral Nerve Lesions

    • K. Mohan Iyer
    Pages 117-128
  9. Congenital Anomalies

    • K. Mohan Iyer
    Pages 129-182
  10. Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders

    • K. Mohan Iyer
    Pages 183-248
  11. Developmental Disorders

    • K. Mohan Iyer
    Pages 249-258
  12. Degenerative Disorders

    • K. Mohan Iyer
    Pages 259-296
  13. Poliomyelitis and Spina Bifida

    • K. Mohan Iyer
    Pages 297-308
  14. Cerebral Palsy

    • K. Mohan Iyer
    Pages 309-321
  15. Bone Tumors

    • K. Mohan Iyer
    Pages 323-366
  16. Low Back Pain

    • K. Mohan Iyer
    Pages 367-377
  17. General Affections of the Soft Tissues

    • K. Mohan Iyer
    Pages 379-383
  18. Amputations

    • K. Mohan Iyer
    Pages 385-406
  19. Arthroscopy and Tissue Engineering

    • Pradeep Baskaran, David V. Rajan
    Pages 407-428

About this book

The second edition of this book concisely covers the most recent developments in orthopedics and trauma. It features detailed descriptions, x rays, clinical and therapeutic pathway diagrams for a number of commonly encountered disorders including fractures, metabolic disorders, bone tumors, and amputations enabling the reader to develop a deep understanding of the latest information on how to successfully diagnose and treat these patients.

General Principles of Orthopedics and Trauma is an ideal resource for trainees and junior surgeons seeking an easy to follow clinical guide on how to successfully diagnose and treat patients with orthopedic and trauma disorders. It is also of use to the experienced practitioner seeking a practically applicable text on the latest advances in the field.

Reviews

“This true Bible of Orthopedics and Traumatology is a second edition, supplemented and enhanced to reflect the latest developments. ... This second edition updated with the most recent data makes this book essential to all orthopedic anglophones, confirmed or in training.” (Pierre H. Kehr, European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology, July 26, 2019)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Formerly Locum Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Royal Free Hampstead NHS trust, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK

    K. Mohan Iyer

  • Division of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

    Wasim S. Khan

About the editors

Wasim Khan is a University Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon, in the Division of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Cambridge and Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.

Wasim was awarded a MRC Clinical Research Training Fellowship to complete his PhD looking at chondrogenesis in MSCs under the supervision of Professor Tim Hardingham at the University of Manchester. He was awarded the Syme Medal by the Royal College of Surgeons. Wasim then completed an Orthopaedic Academic Clinical Training programme at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore and University College London, where he was a Lecturer from 2010-14 under the supervision of Professor David Marsh and Professor Tim Briggs. Wasim has completed national (Bristol and Cardiff) and international (USA, Europe and Australia) clinical and research fellowships. He has authored over 250 papers, 50 chapters and 3 books. His areas of expertise are knee, trauma, orthopaedics, sports medicine, cartilage, meniscus, arthroscopy, stem cells, chondrocytes, chondrogenesis.

K. Mohan Iyer did his MCPS (1971) from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Mumbai, India; MBBS (1971) from the University of Mumbai; D’Orth. and FCPS Orth. (1975) from the College of Physicians and Surgeons; MS Orth. (1978) from the University of Mumbai; and M. Ch. Orth. (1981) from the University of Liverpool, UK. During this time, he wrote three theses on fractures of the patella, excision arthroplasty of the elbow, and excision of the trapezium for carpometacarpal arthritis of the thumb.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: General Principles of Orthopedics and Trauma

  • Editors: K. Mohan Iyer, Wasim S. Khan

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15089-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-15088-4Published: 15 May 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-15089-1Published: 07 May 2019

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 778

  • Number of Illustrations: 132 b/w illustrations, 141 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Orthopedics

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