BLOCK 5.

12 (ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY)
LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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ADVANCED ORTHOPEDIC RADIOLOGY
1.RADIOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION OF MUSCULOSKELETA
DISORDERS
a.OSTEOMYELITIS (OF FEMUR and Tibia)
b.EWING’S SARCOMA
c.GIANT CELL TUMOR
d.OSTEOID OSTEOMA
e.MYELOMA
f.FRACTURE DISLOCATION OF SPINE
g.Fracture dislocation of upper and lower limb
h.OSTEONECROSIS OF HIP JOINT
i.CALCANEAL FRACTURE
j.SYNDESMOTIC ANKLE SPRAIN

SOURCE: LEARNING MUSCULOSKELETAL IMAGING; SPRINGER

(1ST ED)

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IMPLANTS IN ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY

2.IMPLANTS USED IN ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY

a.INDICATIONS FOR USE OF IMPLANT
b.IDEAL CHARACTERSTICS OF IMPLANT
c.TYPES OF BONE FIXATIONS
d.BRIEF OVERVIEW OF BONE HEALING
e.IMPLANTS USED IN INTERNAL FIXATION
i. SCREWS
 ii. PLATES
iii. K WIRES
iv. CERCLAGE WIRES
v. INTRA MEDULLARY NAILS
f.IMPLANTS USED IN EXTERNAL FIXATION
i. UNIPLANER
ii. BIPLANER
iii. CIRCULAR
iv. HYBRID
g.OTHER IMPLANTS
i. Arthroplasty hip and knee
ii. PEDICLE SCREW

SOURCE: LECTURE ON MUSCULOSKELETAL IMPLANTS TAKEN BY

DR. BASMAH AL DAFAR

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PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF ELBOW WRIST AND HAND

3.SYMPTOMS
4.SIGNS
a.LOOK
b.FEEL
c.MOVE
d.SPECIAL TESTS
5.IMAGING
SOURCE: APLEY & SOLOMAN’S SYSTEM OF ORTHOPAEDICS &
TRAUMA (10TH EDITION) CHAPTER: 14 (ELBOW), 15 (WRIST)
AND 16 (HAND)
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PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF ANKLE AND FOOT

6.SYMPTOMS
7.SIGNS
a.LOOK
b.FEEL
c.MOVE
d.SPECIAL TESTS
8.IMAGING
SOURCE: APLEY & SOLOMAN’S SYSTEM OF ORTHOPAEDICS &
TRAUMA (10TH EDITION) CHAPTER: 21

TOPICS FOR WRITTEN ASSESSMENT

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ELBOW
1.TRAUMATIC:
a.OLECRANON FRACTURE IN ADULTS
b.SUPRACONDYLAR FRACTURE IN CHILDREN
c.SUBLUXATION OF RADIAL HEAD (PULLED ELBOW) IN
CHILDREN
2.NON-TRAUMATIC
a.LATERAL EPICONDYLITIS
b.MEDIAL EPICONDYLITIS

SOURCE: APLEY & SOLOMAN’S SYSTEM OF ORTHOPAEDICS &

TRAUMA (10TH EDITION) CHAPTER: 14 (NON-TRAUMATIC) &
CHAPTER 25 (TRAUMATIC)
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WRIST
3.TRAUMATIC
a.SCAPHOID FRACTURE IN ADULTS
4.NON-TRAUMATIC
a.KIENBOCK’S DISEASE
b.DE QUERVAIN’S DISEASE
c.GANGLION CYST
d.CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME
SOURCE: APLEY & SOLOMAN’S SYSTEM OF ORTHOPAEDICS &
TRAUMA (10TH EDITION) CHAPTER: 15 (NON-TRAUMATIC) &
CHAPTER 26 (TRAUMATIC)

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HAND

5.TRAUMATIC
a.BENNETT’S FRACTURE-DISLOCATION IN ADULTS
b.ROLANDO’S FRACTURE IN ADULTS
c.FLEXOR TENDON INJURIES

6.NON-TRAUMATIC
d.DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE
e.VOLKMANN’S ISCHEMIC CONTRACTURE
f.MALLET’S FINGER
g.BOUTONNIÈRE DEFORMITY
h.SWAN-NECK DEFORMITY
i.TRIGGER FINGER
j.ACUTE INFECTIONS OF HAND

SOURCE: APLEY & SOLOMAN’S SYSTEM OF ORTHOPAEDICS &

TRAUMA (10TH EDITION) CHAPTER: 16 (NON-TRAUMATIC) &
CHAPTER 27 (TRAUMATIC)
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ANKLE & FOOT

7.TRAUMATIC
a.LIGAMENT INJURIES AROUND ANKLE
b.MALLEOLAR FRACTURES OF ANLE IN ADULTS
c.PILON FRACTURE IN ADULTS
d.Ankle dislocation
e.FRCATURE OF CALCANEUM IN ADULTS
f.MARCH FARCTURE IN ADULTS

8.NON-TRAUMATIC
g.CONGENITAL TELIPUS EQUINOVARUS (CTEV)
h.PES PLANUS
i.HALLUX VALGUS
j.ACHILLES TENDINITIS
k.ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE
l.PLANTER FASCIITIS
SOURCE: APLEY & SOLOMAN’S SYSTEM OF ORTHOPAEDICS &
TRAUMA (10TH EDITION) CHAPTER: 21 (NON-TRAUMATIC) &
CHAPTER 32 (TRAUMATIC)

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CONGENITAL & DEVELOPMENTAL BONE DISEASES

9.CONGENITAL
a.OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA
b.CONGENITAL TELIPUS EQUINOVARUS (CTEV)

10. DEVELOPMENTAL
c.DEVELOPMENTAL DYSPLASIA OF HIP
d.OSGOOD SCHLATTER DISEASE (KNEE)
SOURCE: APLEY & SOLOMAN’S SYSTEM OF ORTHOPAEDICS &
TRAUMA (10TH EDITION) CHAPTER: 8 (CONGENITAL) & UNIT:
REGIONAL ORTHOPEDICS (DEVELOPMENTAL)
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VERTEBRAL FRACTURES

11. VERTEBRAL INJURIES

a.PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF SPINAL INJURIES
b.EARLY MANAGEMENT OF SPINAL INJURIES
c.DIAGNOSIS OF SPINAL INJURIES
d.PRINCIPLES OF DEFINITIVE TREATMENT
e.TREATMENT METHODS OF SPINAL INJURIES
f.REGIONAL FRACTURES
i. UPPER CERVICAL SPINE INJURIES
ii. LOWER CERVICAL SPINE INJURIES
iii. THORACOLUMBAR INJURIES

12. NEURAL INJURIES ASSOCIATED WITH VERTEBRAL

FRACTURES:
a.CORD TRANSECTION
b.MANAGEMENT OF TRAUMATIC PARAPLEGIA
c.Cauda equine
SOURCE: APLEY & SOLOMAN’S SYSTEM OF ORTHOPAEDICS &
TRAUMA (10TH EDITION) CHAPTER: 28

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MUSCULOSKELETAL TUMORS

13. BENIGN BONE TUMORS

a.OSTEOID OSTEOMA
b.SIMPLE BONE CYST
c.ANEURYSMAL BONE CYST
 d.OSTEOCHONDROMA
e.GIANT CELL TUMOR
f.echondroma

14. MALIGNANT BONE TUMORS

g.OSTEOGENIC SARCOMA
h.EWING’S SARCOMA
i.METASTATIC BONE DISEASE
SOURCE: APLEY & SOLOMAN’S SYSTEM OF ORTHOPAEDICS &
TRAUMA (10TH EDITION) CHAPTER: 9

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MUSCULOSKELETAL INFECTIONS

15. OSTEOMYELITIS
j.ACUTE HEMATOGENOUS OSTEOMYELITIS
k.SUBACUTE HEMATOGENOUS OSTEOMYELITIS
l.POST-TRAUMATIC OSTEOMYELITIS
m.CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS

16. SEPTIC ARTHRITIS

n.ACUTE SUPPURATIVE ARTHRITIS
SOURCE: APLEY & SOLOMAN’S SYSTEM OF ORTHOPAEDICS &
TRAUMA (10TH EDITION) CHAPTER: 2

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