Table of Contents

* Orthopaedic Trauma: Introduction * Anatomy of Bone and Fracture Healing * Treatment of Fractures: General Principles * Splints and Tractions * Recent Advances in the Treatment of Fractures * Approach to a Patient with Limb Injury * Complications of Fractures * Injury to Joints: Dislocation and Subluxation * Fractures in Children * Peripheral Nerve Injuries * Deformities and their Management * Treatment of Orthopaedic Disorders: A General Review * Injuries around the Shoulder, Fracture Humerus * Injuries around the Elbow * Injuries of the Forearm and Wrist * Hand Injuries * Pelvic Fractures * Injuries around the Hip * Fracture Shaft of Femur * Injuries around the Knee * Injuries to the Leg, Ankle and Foot * Infections of Bones and Joints * Tuberculosis of Bones and Joints * Infections of the Hand * Congenital Talipes Equino Varus (CTEV) * Congenital Dislocation of the Hip and Other Malformations * Poliomyelitis and Other Neuromuscular Disorders * Bone Tumours * Prolapsed Intervertebral Disc * Approach to a Patient with Back Pain * Spinal Injuries * Traumatic Paraplegia * Scoliosis and Other Spinal Deformities * Arthritis and Related Diseases * Degenerative Disorders * Affections of the Soft Tissues * Metabolic Bone Diseases * Miscellaneous Affections of the Bone * Miscellaneous Regional Diseases * Amputations, Prosthetics and Orthotics * Arthroscopic Surgery * Joint Replacement Surgery * Annexures * Index

About the Author

J. Maheshwari MS Orth (AIIMS) Formerly: Additional Professor of Orthopaedics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, Presently: Director, Knee and Shoulder Clinic, New Delhi, India Vikram A Mhaskar MS Orth, MCh Orth (UK) Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Knee and Shoulder Clinic, New Delhi, India