Product Description

An undergraduate textbook of orthopaedics and trauma. This popular title concentrates on the commoner conditions and has been brought fully updated for this new edition. High-quality radiographs and two-colour line diagrams support the lucid text

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #124834 in Books
• Published on: 2003-04-24
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 472 pages

Review
"Well written...equally well illustrated...there is no doubt that this textbook will serve its aims." "K Andersen, Editor," International Orthopaedics, May 2003
book is divided into three main sections: background knowledge, trauma and orthopaedics. The background knowledge section is excellent with a section on how to go about examining different joints, an overview of anatomy and - best of all, a section explaining in a few pages the basic methods of treatment for tendons, bones, joints, ligaments and nerves. There are lots of illustrations (diagrams and x-rays) of the different methods and I was left feeling that I had a good basic knowledge of what you could do in the case of damage to each component of the system.
Overall I think that this is an excellent book and would recommend buying it for the huge number of diagrams and x-rays alone." "3rd Year Medical Student," St George's Medical School, London, April 2004
book is easy to read and well illustrated. It is a book worth having on the shelf. It achieves its goals, which is to to provide a basic and solid faundation in the subject of orthopaedics."" "Tina Traynor," Physiotherapy Ireland

Customer Reviews

The lesser of many evils?
This book is a standard undergraduate text for medical students undertaking attachments in orthopaedics or trauma. It certainly is pitched at an undergraduate level and would not be appropriate for someone like a casualty officer who has to manage fractures on a day to day basis.
As with most undergraduate books, this one aims to teach you the principles and practice of 'important' orthopaedic conditions.
However, as most medical students will know, there are no good books on orthopaedics and this one is no exception.

Firstly it is important to recognize that the book has only two main authors - both orthopaedic surgeons. The paragraphs about neurology are very poor and very basic. Any mention of 'medical orthopaedics' ie rheumatology is also outdated and very poor. Therefore i strongly suggest you ignore these bits in the book. Clearly the book would have benefited by having a spinal surgeon/neurologist on board and a practicing rheumatologist.

The section on fractures is not surprisingly the best bit of the book. These chapters are very useful for medical students. Although, even here detail is missing and apart from the overall classification of fractures in the introductory chapters, further classification is not covered. Salter Harris classification is covered.

The chapter on examination of the musculoskeletal system is very deficient and i wouldn't bother reading it.

The section on rehabilitation and orthotics is way too brief to be of much use.

The book utilises a two tone colour format. There are no colour photographs which is a shame - the book could really benefit from some well chosen quality pictures. As usual with these kinds of politically correct books there is the usual picture of a wheelchair race - why?

A stronger point of the book is the many radiographs which are of a reasonable quality. I would say about 70 percent of them can be interpreted, the rest either being deficient in terms of quality or in terms of a medical student simply not being able to see the abnormality. Some well appointed arrows would have been useful.

In summary, if your aim is simply to pass the othopaedics module then this book will probably suffice for fractures and joint replacement. For those with more interest i suggest looking towards books aimed at senior house officers. It is also certainly necessary to read a good text on rheumatology such as the chapter in Davidson's or Kumar.

Great guide to orthopaedics
I have mainly used this book for trauma reference, found it invaluable when starting work on trauma ward and still refer to it. I haven't yet found another trauma guide, especially for the very reasonable price. Am starting to use some of the elective stuff now, once again explains everything clearly and simply, yet in sufficient detail. Great book for nurses, physios, docs, anyone in trauma work.

good info
This book pitches just at the right level - practial info and easy-read format. A great one to gain a deeper understanding of the topic.