Concise Orthopaedic Notes: Revision aid for FRCS , EBOT , SICOT and Board Examinations

General Guidance for exams
Basic Sciences
	BIOMECHANICS
		STRESS/ STRAIN CURVE
		VISCOELASTIC MATERIALS
		WEAR & OSTEOLYSIS
	BONE COMPOSITION
	BONE METABOLISM
	BONE BLOOD SUPPLY
	OSSIFICATION/BONE FORMATION
	STRUCTURE OF BONE
	BONE GRAFT
	FRACTURE HEALING
	NON-UNION
	SCREW
	IM NAIL
	EXTERNAL FIXATOR
	PLATES
	TENSION BAND
	ARTICULAR CARTILAGE
	SYNOVIUM
	COLLAGEN
	TENDON & LIGAMENT
	JOINTS
	MUSCLES
	NERVE
	TOURNIQUETS
	ELECTROSURGERY
	IMPLANT MANUFACTURING
	FREE BODY DIAGRAM
	BACTERIOLOGY
	SKIN GRAFT
	RADIO STARIOMETRIC ANALYSIS (RSA)
	BONE CEMENT
	IMMUNOLOGY
	SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS
	CASTS
	IMAGING
	ANAESTHESIA
	PAIN
	DRESSINGS
	THEATRE DESIGN
	HOW TO REDUCE INTRA-OPERATIVE BLEEDING
	SURGICAL PREPARATION
	DRAINS
	PREVENTION OF SURGICAL SITE INFECTIONS
	BLOOD TRANSFUSION
	SUPPLEMENTS
	GENETICS
	INFLAMMATION
	ORTHOTICS
	PROSTHETICS
	STATISTICS
Orthopaedic Pathology
	ONCOLOGY
	FAT EMBOLISM
	ARDS
	OCHRONOSIS (ALKAPTONURIA)
	SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS
	OSTEOMYELITIS & SPONDYLODISCITIS
	RHEUMATIC FEVER
	FIBROMYALGIA (POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA)
	HIV
	HAEMOGLOBINOPATHIES AND COAGULOPATHIES
	ARTHRITIS
	METABOLIC BONE DISORDERS
	MELORHEOSTOSIS
	SCURVY
	Ehlers - Danlos Syndrome
	MARFAN SYNDROME
	GAUCHER DISEASE
Paediatric Orthopaedics
	GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
	GROWTH PLATE (PHYSIS)
	DYSPLASIA
	PAEDIATRIC TRAUMA
	PEDIATIC UPPER LIMB DISORDERS
	PAEDIATRIC HIP DISORDERS
	PAEDIATRIC KNEE DISORDERS
	PAEDIATRIC FOOT AND ANKLE DISORDERS
	CEREBRAL PALSY
	GENETIC DISORDERS
	METABOLIC DISORDERS
	OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA
	CONSENT FOR CHILDREN
	RISSER STAGING
	NON-ACCIDENTAL INJURY (NAI)
	LOWER LIMB RECONSTRUCTION
	HEMI-HYPERTROPHY
Spine
	EXAMINATION OF THE SPINE
	ANATOMY
	SURGICAL APPROACHES
	CERVICAL Injuries
	SCOLIOSIS
	KYPHOSIS
	SPINAL DYSRAPHISM
	SPINAL CORD TUMOURS
	DISC HERNIATION
	CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME
	SPONDYLOLYSTHESIS
	LUMBAR STENOSIS
	THORACO-LUMBAR SPINE BIOMECHANICS & INJURIES
	MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
	Syringomyelia
	BACK PAIN
	COCCYDYNIA/COCCALGIA
	SPINAL CORD INJURIES
	MYELOPATHY
	CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS
	RADICULOPATHY
	RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS OF THE SPINE
Upper limb
	ANATOMY OF THE SHOULDER
	SHOULDER EXAMINATION
	STERNOCLAVICULAR JOINT INJURIES
	QUADRANGULAR SPACE SYNDROME
	ACROMIOCLAVICULAR JOINT INJURIES
	DISTAL CLAVICLE OSTEOLYSIS
	SUBACROMIAL IMPINGEMENT
	SUBCORACOID IMPINGEMENT
	INTERNAL IMPINGEMENT
	CALCIFIC TENDONITIS
	ROTATOR CUFF TEARS
	SLAP LESIONS
	SHOULDER OA
	SHOULDER INSTABILITY
	SHOULDER APPROACHES
	SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY
	FROZEN SHOULDER (ADHESIVE CAPSULITIS)
	SCAPULA WINGING
	SHOULDER ARTHRODESIS
	PROXIMAL BICEPS TENDINOSIS, RUPTURE & SUBLUXATION
	DISTAL BICEPS RUPTURE
	ELBOW EXAMINATION
	ELBOW STIFFNESS
	ELBOW REPLACEMENT
	ELBOW INSTABILITY & DISLOCATION
	LATERAL EPICONDYLITIS (TENNIS ELBOW)
	GOLFER ELBOW
	OSTEOCHONDRITIS DISSECANS
	ELBOW ARTHROSCOPY
	RADIOULNAR SYNOSTOSIS
	CONGENITAL DEFORMITIES OF THE UPPER LIMB
	VOLKMANN ISCHAEMIC CONTRACTURE
	BRACHIAL PLEXUS
	NERVES OF THE BRACHIAL PLEXUS
	THORACIC OUTLET SYNDROME
Hand & Wrist
	HAND EXAMINATION
	RHEUMATOID HAND
	FLEXOR TENDON INJURY
	HAND INFECTIONS
	EXTENSOR TENDONS
	CONGENITAL HAND MALFORMATIONS
	BLOOD SUPPLY TO HAND
	DUPUYTREN’S DISEASE
	FINGER AMPUTATION
	RADIAL SIDED WRIST PAIN
	ULNAR SIDED WRIST PAIN
	CENTRAL WRIST PAIN
	WRIST PROCEDURES
	SWELLINGS OF HAND
	TRIGGER FINGER
	HAND INJURIES
	TENDON TRANSFER
	CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME
	NCS/EMG
	KIENBOCK’S DISEASE
	FINGERTIP INJURIES
	PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE
	BITES
	CARPAL HEIGHT RATIO
	CARPAL INJERIES
	SCAPHOLUNATE LIGAMENT INJURY
	CARPAL INSTABILITY
	LUNATE TRAUMA
	COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME (CRPS)
Lower Limb
	HIP EXAMINATION
	SURGICAL APPROACHES
	HIP ARTHROSCOPY
	TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT
	REVISION THR
	PAGET DISEASE (OSTEITIS DEFORMANS)
	HETEROTROPIC OSSIFICATION
	HIP AVASCULAR NECROSIS (AVN)
	HIP ARTHRODESIS
	FEMORAL ACETABULAR IMPINEMENT (FAI)
	HIP DYSPLASIA
	SNAPPING HIP
	PROTUSIO ACETABULUM
	OSTEITIS PUBIS
	ATHLETIC PUBALGIA
	LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS
	KNEE EXAMINATION
	OSTEONECROSIS OF KNEE
	MENISCUS & MENISCAL INJURY
	DISCOID MENISCUS
	PATELLO FEMORAL JOINT
	PCL DEFICIENCY
	ACL DEFICIENCY
	LATERAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT LCL
	MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT MCL
	OSTEOCHONDRAL LESION
	MENISCAL CYST
	POPLITEAL (BAKERS CYST)
	TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT
	UHMWPE
	KNEE ARTHRODESIS
	UNICONDYLAR KNEE ARTHROPLASTY (UKA)
	HIGH TIBIAL OSTEOTOMY HTO AND DISTAL FEMORAL OSTEOTOMY DFO
	PATELLA INSTABILITY
	POPLITEAL FOSSA
	ANTERIOR KNEE PAIN
	ITB FRICTION SYNDROME
	SEMIMEMBRANOSUS TENDONITIS
	SHIN SPLINT (TBIAL STRESS SYNDROME)
	CHRONIC EXERTIONAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME
	KNEE BURSAE
	VTE PROPHYLAXIS
Foot & Ankle
	ANATOMY
	ANKLE ARTHROSCOPY
	BIOMECHANICS
	GAIT CYCLE
	HISTORY
	EXAMINATION
	PES PLANUS (PLANOVALGIS FOOT)
	TARSAL COALITION
	PES CAVOVARUS
	Charcot-Marie-Tooth (HSMN)
	EQUINOVARUS FOOT
	EQUINOVALGUS FOOT
	RHEUMATOID FOOT
	DIABETIC FOOT
	CHARCOT JOINT (NEUROPATHIC ARTHROPATHY)
	ANKLE ARTHRITIS
	ANKLE INSTABILITY
	HEEL PAIN
	POLIO
	HALLUX VALGUS
	HALLUX VARUS
	HALLUX RIGIDUS
	LESSOR TOES CONDITIONS
	NEUROLOGICAL FOOT CONDITIONS
	TENDON CONDITIONS OF THE FOOT AND ANKLE
	ACCESSORY BONES
	OSTEOCHONDROSIS
	CONGENTIAL FOOT CONDITIONS
	FOOT TRAUMA
	METATARSAL AND TOE CONDITIONS
Trauma
	SELECTED ‘NICE’ GUIDANCE ON FRACTURES
	CLAVICLE FRACTURES
	STERNOCLAVICULAR JOINT
	SCAPULA FRCATURES
	FLAIL CHEST
	PROXIMAL HUMERUS FRACTURES
	HUMERUS SHAFT FRACTURES
	ANTEROLATERAL APPROACH TO HUMERUS
	POSTERIOR APPROACH TO HUMERUS
	DISTAL HUMERUS FRACTURES
	CAPITELLUM FRACTURES
	LATERAL CONDYLE FRACTURES
	OLECRANON FRACTURES
	RADIAL HEAD AND NECK FRACTURES
	SURGICAL APPROACHES TO THE ELBOW
	CORONOID FRACTURES
	FOREARM FRACTURES
	(HENRY) VOLAR APPROACH TO RADIUS
	ULNA APPROACH
	FOREARM COMPARTMENTS
	DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURES
	VOLAR FCR (MODIFIED HENRY) APPROACH
	DORSAL APPROACH TO DISTAL RADIUS
	PELVIC FRACTURES
	ACETABULAR FRACTURES
	SACRAL FRACTURES
	HIP DISLOCATION & FEMORAL HEAD FRACTURES
	INTRACAPSULAR HIP FRACTURES
	PERI-TROCHANTERIC FRACTURES
	SUBTROHANTERIC FEMORAL FRACTURES
	FEMORAL SHAFT FRACTURES
	QUADRICEPS TENDON RUPTURE
	PROXIMAL TIB-FIB DISLOCATION
	PATELLA FRACTURES
	KNEE DISLOCATION
	PATELLA TENDON RUPTURE
	COMPARTMENT SYNDROME
	TIBIAL PLATEAU FRACTURES
	TIBIAL SHAFT FRACTURES
	PILON FRACTURES
	ANKLE FRACTURES
	TRAUMA SCORING
	GUNSHOT WOUNDS
	DCO DAMAGE CONTROL ORTHOPAEDICS
	ETC EARLY TOTAL CARE
	TRAUMA CALL
	TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS
	AMPUTATIONS
HEAD INJURY