ABSTRACT

Highly Commended, BMA Medical Book Awards 2013Orthopaedic problems account for over one-third of all medical and surgical problems. Mercer's Textbook of Orthopaedics and Trauma provides all the information required by the senior trainee or qualified specialist to improve understanding and management of any given condition or disease in this area.Si

part |2 pages

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION

chapter 1|5 pages

History of orthopaedic surgery

ByBehrooz Mostofi

chapter 2|28 pages

History and examination techniques

ByHenry Colaco, Sureshan Sivananthan, Laurence James

chapter 3|13 pages

Orthopaedic research: research methods, epidemiology and statistics

ByJenna Godfrey, Eric McCarty

part |2 pages

PART TWO: MUSCULOSKELETAL STRUCTURE, FUNCTION AND HEALING

chapter 4|31 pages

Surgical anatomy and embryology of the musculoskeletal system

ByFranklin D Shuler

chapter 5|10 pages

The structure and development of bone tissue

ByBodo Kurz

chapter 6|8 pages

Metabolic bone diseases

ByEugene Sherry

chapter 7|20 pages

Soft tissue physiology and healing

ByPankaj Sharma, Nicola Maffulli

chapter 8|6 pages

The physiology of ageing

ByMarco V Narici, Filippo Spiezia, Nicola Maffulli

chapter 9|11 pages

Principles of orthopaedic pharmacology

ByChezhiyan Shanmugam, Umile Giuseppe Longo, Nicola Maffulli

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PART THREEE: BASIC SCIENCE

chapter 10|16 pages

Molecular and cell biology, immunology and genetics

ByChezhiyan Shanmugam, Umile Giuseppe Longo, Nicola Maffulli

chapter 11|18 pages

Musculoskeletal imaging

ByMark W Anderson

chapter 12|29 pages

Biomechanics and biomaterials

ByDuncan ET Shepherd, David WL Hukins

chapter 13|17 pages

Clinical principles of kinesiology

ByJim Richards, James Selfe

chapter 14|10 pages

Infections of the musculoskeletal system

BySureshan Sivananthan, Eugene Sherry

part |2 pages

PART FOUR: TRAUMA

chapter |52 pages

Section 1: General considerations

chapter 21|18 pages

Acromioclavicular joint injuries

ByShanmuganathan Rajasekaran, Rishi Mugesh Kanna, Jayaramaraju Dheenadhayalan

chapter 26|13 pages

Fractures of the proximal humerus

ByShanmuganathan Rajasekaran, Rishi Mugesh Kanna, Jayaramaraju Dheenadhayalan

chapter 29|17 pages

Fractures and dislocations of the elbow

ByShanmuganathan Rajasekaran, Rishi Mugesh Kanna, Jayaramaraju Dheenadhayalan

chapter 33|23 pages

Femoral neck fractures

ByShanmuganathan Rajasekaran, Vijay Kamath, Jayaramaraju Dheenadhayalan

chapter 38|9 pages

Patellar dislocation

ByShanmuganathan Rajasekaran, Rishi Mugesh Kanna, Jayaramaraju Dheenadhayalan

chapter 41|161 pages

Tibial plateau fractures

ByShanmuganathan Rajasekaran, Vijay Kamath, Jayaramaraju Dheenadhayalan

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PART FIVE: PAEDIATRIC ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY

chapter 59|22 pages

Developmental disorders of human skeleton

ByChezhiyan Shanmugam, Umile Giuseppe Longo, Nicola Maffulli

chapter 60|7 pages

Normal and pathological gait in children

ByRichard Beauchamp

chapter 61|8 pages

Developmental diseases of the skeleton

BySunil Bajaj, Sanjeev S Madan

chapter 62|11 pages

Bone and joint infections in children

ByVrisha Madhuri, Hamish Crawford, James Huntley

chapter 63|9 pages

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis

ByTracy V Ting, Brent Graham

chapter 65|16 pages

Spinal disorders in children

ByStephen Tredwell, Christopher Reilly

chapter 67|9 pages

Knee disorders in children

ByKevin Lim, James HP Hui, Andrew Lim, Azura Mansor, Ismail Munajat, Kishore Mulpuri, Simon P Kelley

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PART SIX: SPORTS MEDICINE

chapter 70|15 pages

Exercise physiology, epidemiology and special considerations

ByChealon D Miller, Joseph M Hart

chapter 72|9 pages

Head and spine injuries in sport

ByJames Brezina, Dino Samartzis, Francis H Shen

chapter 73|21 pages

The evaluation and treatment of glenohumeral instability, superior labrum anterior to posterior tears and rotator cuff tears

ByMatthew T Provencher, Allison McNickle, Janeth Kim, Brian J Cole, Neil Ghodadra

chapter 75|10 pages

Pelvis, hip and thigh

ByBenjamin G Domb, JW Thomas Byrd

chapter 76|23 pages

Diagnosis and treatment of non-ligamentous knee injuries

BySamir G Tejwani, Jessica E Ellerman, Freddie H Fu

chapter 77|16 pages

Diagnosis and management of ligamentous injuries of the knee

ByRandy Mascarenhas, Eric J Kropf, Christopher D Harner

chapter 78|42 pages

Leg, ankle and foot injuries

ByJohn E Femino, Ned Amendola

part 79|2 pages

Clinical evaluation, principles of biopsy and staging

chapter 80|8 pages

Principles of chemotherapy and radiotherapy

ByHamid Sheikh, Michael Leahy, James Wylie

chapter 81|30 pages

Bone tumours

ByDavid C Mangham, Paul Cool

chapter 82|13 pages

Soft-tissue sarcomas

ByGillian L Cribb

chapter 83|15 pages

Skeletal metastases and pathological fractures

ByJonathan James Gregory, Paul Cool

chapter 84|14 pages

Limb reconstruction for musculoskeletal tumours

ByEmma K Reay, Craig H Gerrand

chapter 85|19 pages

Amputations, prosthetics and orthotics

ByFrank Gottschalk, Ruth M O’Sullivan, Daniel Porter

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PART EIGHT: THE SPINE

chapter 86|7 pages

Pathophysiology of low back pain

ByJoseph M Hart, Noelle M Selkow, Nicole Cosby, Matthew C Bessette

chapter 87|11 pages

Spinal infections

ByShanmuganathan Rajasekaran, P Rishi Mugesh Kanna, T Ajoy Prasad Shetty

chapter 88|14 pages

Degenerative disc disease

ByMun Keong Kwan

chapter 89|17 pages

Adult spinal deformity

ByWilliam C Lauerman, Ryan J Caufield

chapter 90|24 pages

Surgical options in the osteoporotic spine

ByStephan Becker

chapter 91|10 pages

Spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis

ByIstvàn Hovorka

chapter 92|15 pages

Tumours of the spine

ByStephan Becker, Jason Beng Teck Lim, Volker Schirrmacher, Himanshu Sharma

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PART NINE: ADULT RECONSTRUCTION SURGERY

chapter |20 pages

Section 1: General considerations

chapter |74 pages

Section 2: The Hip

chapter |36 pages

Section 3: The Knee

chapter |34 pages

Section 4: The Shoulder

chapter |12 pages

Section 5: The ankle

chapter |24 pages

Section 6: Arthritis in the younger adult

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PART TEN: HAND AND UPPER LIMB

chapter 111|15 pages

Finger injuries A Bobby Chhabra, Jesse Seamon

chapter 112|10 pages

Tendon injuries

ByS Raja Sabapathy, Praveen Bhardwaj

chapter 113|7 pages

Nerve injuries

ByRolfe Birch

chapter 114|6 pages

Hand infections

ByTunku Kamarul Zaman

chapter 115|9 pages

Replantation and microsurgery

ByTunku Kamarul Zaman

chapter 116|9 pages

Dupuytren’s contracture

ByWilliam YC Loh, Wee-Leon Lam

chapter 117|18 pages

Arthritis of the hand

ByAshish Sharma, Edward T Mah

chapter 118|14 pages

Carpal instability

ByNg Eng Seng, Edward T Mah

chapter 119|8 pages

The distal radial ulnar joint

ByEdward T Mah, Ng Eng Seng

chapter 120|9 pages

Hand tumours

ByGraham Cheung, Gillian L Cribb

chapter 121|37 pages

The elbow

ByAshish K Sharma, Kamarul Khalid, Edward T Mah

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PART ELEVEN: FOOT AND ANKLE

chapter 122|13 pages

Tendon pathologies

ByClifford L Jeng

chapter 123|8 pages

Hallux valgus

ByShamal Das De, Krishna Lingaraj

chapter 124|7 pages

Disorders of the hallucal sesamoids and related great toe pathologies

ByAndrew Moore, Anish Raj Kadakia

chapter 125|11 pages

Lesser toe deformities

ByAndrew P Molloy, Moez S Ballal

chapter 126|6 pages

Pes cavus and pes planus

ByAnthony Perera, Mark S Myerson

chapter 127|6 pages

The diabetic foot

ByAziz Nather, Fu Cai Han

chapter 128|12 pages

Neurological disorders

ByNorman Espinosa

chapter 129|16 pages

Inflammatory and osteoarthritis of the foot and ankle

ByAndrew P Molloy, Edward V Wood

chapter 130|9 pages

Nerve compression syndromes of the foot and ankle

ByGiselle Tan, Norman Espinosa, Anish Raj Kadakia

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PART TWELVE: NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND BEST CLINICAL PRACTICE

chapter 131|13 pages

Computer-assisted navigation in orthopaedic surgery

ByKamal Deep

chapter 132|7 pages

Orthopaedic tissue engineering

ByPatrick H Warnke

chapter 133|5 pages

Medical ethics

ByRachel G Geddes, Suresh Sivananthan

chapter 134|3 pages

Outcomes, databanks (joint registries), medical coding

ByEugene Sherry, Sureshan Sivananthan, Raquel Gehr

chapter 135|3 pages

Informed consent

ByEugene Sherry, Raquel Gehr

chapter 136|3 pages

Work-related injuries and assessment for compensation

ByEugene Sherry, Raquel Gehr

chapter 137|4 pages

Evidence-based medicine and orthopaedic surgeons

ByPatrick H Warnke, Eugene Sherry, Conor sherry

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