Operative Orthopaedics

Book Description:

Revised, updated and expanded, Operative Orthopaedics: The Stanmore Guide, Second Edition, is a definitive and comprehensive guide to elective orthopaedic surgery. It is suitable for junior trainees during their various orthopaedic rotations and senior trainees preparing for the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS Tr and Orth) examination. With the emphasis on surgical techniques employed, and the reasoning and evidence base behind them, this book is both a practical instruction manual and a revision tool for the examination. The procedures identified by the Specialist Advisory Committee, including areas such as tumour surgery, paediatrics and limb reconstruction, are included. Each chapter follows a simple and consistent format explaining the surgery from preoperative planning and consent, through to approaches, techniques and postoperative care. The chapters also include key references and sample Viva Questions to extend and reinforce learning.

Key Features:

New updated surgical techniques

Highly illustrated to help explain surgical concepts easily

Key point boxes to facilitate learning

Recommended references for FRCS (Tr and Orth) examination success

Table of Contents:

1 Anaesthesia in Orthopaedic Surgery
Michael Cooper and James Cremin
2 Tumours
William Aston, Timothy Briggs, and Heledd Havard
3 Surgery of the Cervical Spine
Raman Kalyan, and David J Harrison

4 Surgery of the thoracolumbar spine
Matthew Shaw, and Sean Molloy
5 Surgery of the peripheral nerve
Ravikiran Shenoy, and Mike Fox
6 Surgery of the shoulder
Nick Aresti, Mark Falworth, and Omar Haddo
7 Surgery of the elbow
Alan Salih, David Butt, and Deborah Higgs
8 Surgery of the wrist
Sirat Khan, and Ramon Tahmassebi
9 Surgery of the hand
Norbert Kang, Ben Miranda, and Dariush Nikkhah

10 Surgery of the Hip
Daud Chou, Jonathan Miles, and John Skinner
11 Surgery of the Knee
Alexander D Liddle, Lee David, and Timothy Briggs
12 Soft tissue surgery of the knee
Stephen Key, Jonathan Miles, and Richard Carrington
13 Surgery of the ankle
Laurence James, and Dishan Singh

14 Surgery of the foot
Yaser Ghani, Simon Clint, and Nick Cullen
15 Limb reconstruction
Robert Jennings and Peter Calder
16 Paediatric orthopaedic surgery
Russell Hawkins and Aresh-Hishami Nejad
17 Amputations
William Aston and Rob Pollock