Key Clinical Topics in Orthopaedic Trauma

Alex Trompeter BSc (Hons) MBBS FRCS (Tr&Orth) Consultant Orthopaedic Trauma and Limb Reconstruction Surgeon, St George's Hospital, London, UK Piers Page MPhil MBBS Orthopaedic Registrar, Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Trust, UK Dominic Sprott MBBS FRCS (Tr&Orth) Orthopaedic Surgeon, Salford Royal Foundation Trust, UK Amir Qureshi MBBCh FRCS (Tr&Orth) Consultant Knee Surgeon and Limb Reconstruction Specialist, University Hospital Southampton, UK

1           Amputations - mangled extremities and decision making



2           Amputations – prosthetics and rehabilitation



3           Ankle – supination and pronation external rotation fractures



4           Ankle – supination–adduction and pronation–abduction fractures



5           Ankle – talar fractures



6           Ankle – Achilles tendon ruptures



7           Bone grafts



8           Bone loss – options for reconstruction



9           Bone structure and physiology



10         Brachial plexus injury



11         Classification of fractures



12         Clavicle dislocations



13         Clavicle fractures



14         Compartment syndrome



15         Complex regional pain syndrome



16         Crush injuries



17         Damage control orthopaedics and trauma physiology



18         Elbow – dislocations and associated fractures



19         Elbow – olecranon fractures



20         Elbow – radial head and neck fractures



21         Fat embolism and acute respiratory distress syndrome



22         Femoral fractures – distal



23         Femoral fractures – periprosthetic



24         Femoral fractures – shaft



25         Femoral fractures – subtrochanteric



26         Femoral neck fractures - extracapsular



27         Femoral neck fractures – intracapsular



28         Foot – calcaneal fractures



29         Foot – Lisfranc’s fractures and dislocations



30         Foot – subtalar and Chopart’s dislocations



31         Foot – mid- and forefoot fractures



32         Forearm – distal radius fractures



33         Forearm – Galeazzi’s and Monteggia’s fractures



34         Forearm – radius and ulna fractures



35         Fracture healing



36         Geriatric patients – perioperative management of hip fractures



37         Guidelines in trauma



38         Gunshot injures



39         Hand and wrist – carpal dislocations



40         Hand and wrist – carpal fractures



41         Hand and wrist – metacarpal fractures



42         Hand and wrist – phalangeal fractures



43         Hand and wrist – scaphoid fractures



44         Hand and wrist – tendon ruptures



45         Head injuries



46         Humerus fractures – distal



47         Humerus fractures – proximal



48         Imaging – describing and interpreting



49         Imaging – modalities



50         Implants – circular external fixators



51         Implants – monolateral external fixators



52         Implants – intramedullarynails



53         Implants – plates



54         Implants - screws



55         Infection



56         Initial management of fractures



57         Knee - cruciate ligament injuries



58         Knee - extensor mechanism disruption



59         Knee - meniscal injuries



60         Knee - patella fractures



61         Knee dislocations – multiligament injuries



62         Major trauma – advanced trauma life support principles



63         Major trauma networks



64         Malunion and deformity correction



65         Multiple casualties



66         Nail bed injuries



67         Nonunion



68         Open fractures



69         Osteoporosis and bone health



70         Paediatric clavicle fractures



71         Paediatric humeral fractures



72         Paediatric distal tibial and ankle fractures



73         Paediatric femoral fractures



74         Paediatric forearm fractures



75         Paediatric fractures – nonaccidental injury



76         Paediatric humeral condylar fractures



77         Paediatric physeal fractures – basic principles



78         Paediatric supracondylar humerus fractures



79         Paediatric tibial fractures



80         Pathological fractures



81         Pelvis – acetabular fractures



82         Pelvis – pelvic ring fractures



83         Peripheral nerve injury



84         Management of fractures – nonoperative



85         Management of fractures – operative



86         Resuscitation and massive transfusion



87         Septic arthritis – child



88         Septic arthritis and crystal arthropathy – adult



89         Shoulder – dislocations



90         Shoulder – scapula and glenoid fractures



91         Soft tissue coverage in trauma



92         Spine – cord injury



93         Spine – thoracic and lumbar fractures



94         Spine – atlas and axis cervical fractures and dislocations



95         Spine – subaxial cervical fractures and dislocations



96         Tibial pilon fractures



97         Tibial plateau fractures



98         Tibial shaft fractures



99         Trauma classification systems



100       Trauma outcome scores and patient-reported outcome measures



101       Triage



102       Whiplash