- Quick Reference Material
- Preface to the fourth edition
- Preface to the Third edition
- Preface to the first edition
- Dedications
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors
- Symbols and abbreviations
- Amendments and Errata
- Amendments and Errata to Third Edition
- Chapter 1 Good surgical practice
- Chapter 2 Principles of surgery
- Chapter 3 Surgical pathology
- Chapter 4 Practical procedures
- Chapter 5 Head and neck surgery
- Chapter 6 Breast and endocrine surgery
- Chapter 7 Upper gastrointestinal surgery
- Chapter 8 Liver, pancreatic, and biliary surgery
- Chapter 9 Abdominal wall
- Chapter 10 Urology
- Chapter 11 Colorectal surgery
- Chapter 12 Paediatric surgery
- Chapter 13 Paediatric orthopaedic
- Chapter 14 Major trauma
- Chapter 15 Orthopaedic surgery
- Chapter 16 Plastic surgery
- Chapter 17 Cardiothoracic surgery
- Chapter 18 Peripheral vascular disease
- Chapter 19 Transplantation
- Chapter 20 Surgery in tropical diseases
- Chapter 21 Common operations
- Chapter 22 Eponymous terms and rarities
- Anatomy and physiology key revision points index
- Index
(p. 489) Orthopaedic surgery
- Chapter:
- (p. 489) Orthopaedic surgery
- Author(s):
Greg McLatchie
and Neil Borley
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780199699476.003.0015
Examination of a joint 490
Examination of the limbs and trunk 492
Fracture healing 494
Reduction and fixation of fractures 498
The skeletal radiograph 502
Injuries of the phalanges and metacarpals 504
Wrist injuries 508
Fractures of the distal radius and ulna 510
Fractures of the radius and ulnar shaft ...
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- Quick Reference Material
- Preface to the fourth edition
- Preface to the Third edition
- Preface to the first edition
- Dedications
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors
- Symbols and abbreviations
- Amendments and Errata
- Amendments and Errata to Third Edition
- Chapter 1 Good surgical practice
- Chapter 2 Principles of surgery
- Chapter 3 Surgical pathology
- Chapter 4 Practical procedures
- Chapter 5 Head and neck surgery
- Chapter 6 Breast and endocrine surgery
- Chapter 7 Upper gastrointestinal surgery
- Chapter 8 Liver, pancreatic, and biliary surgery
- Chapter 9 Abdominal wall
- Chapter 10 Urology
- Chapter 11 Colorectal surgery
- Chapter 12 Paediatric surgery
- Chapter 13 Paediatric orthopaedic
- Chapter 14 Major trauma
- Chapter 15 Orthopaedic surgery
- Chapter 16 Plastic surgery
- Chapter 17 Cardiothoracic surgery
- Chapter 18 Peripheral vascular disease
- Chapter 19 Transplantation
- Chapter 20 Surgery in tropical diseases
- Chapter 21 Common operations
- Chapter 22 Eponymous terms and rarities
- Anatomy and physiology key revision points index
- Index