The third edition of Postgraduate Orthopaedics has been fully updated, revised and expanded to meet the challenges of a continually changing exam format, providing detailed core orthopaedic knowledge and insight into tactics and pre-exam planning to increase a candidate's chance of success. Written by a core of authors chosen specifically for their knowledge of the key factors for exam success, this edition includes more illustrations and diagrams and additional exam-focused material for the trickier areas of the syllabus. The trauma chapter has been separated into four distinct sections to improve the overall trauma content. The book also includes a dedicated chapter on what books to read, reflecting the fact that this area has become more complicated in recent years, and an applied basic science chapter, which focuses on basic science viva questions in detail. This guide continues to evolve and has established itself as the definitive text for the FRCS (Tr & Orth) exam.
Examination corner material provides real-life examples of how questions may unfold on the day, along with tips and tricks to navigate tough questioning, providing realistic and practical help to the reader
The new edition has many more illustrations, tables and radiographs, which help the reader to more fully understand the material being presented
Detailed explanations of high yield orthopaedic topics are provided, training candidates in the higher order thinking that is a key defining criteria for success in the exam
Table of Contents
Part I. The FRCS (Tr & Orth) Examination:
1. General guidance Niall Breen, Benjamin W. T. Gooding and Jonathan R. A. Phillips
2. What to read Jonathan R. A. Phillips and Benjamin W. T. Gooding
Part II. The Written Paper:
3. MCQ and EMI paper guidance Mark Dunbar and Andrew P. Sprowson
Part III. The Clinicals:
4. Introduction to clinical examination techniques Karen Robinson and Fazal Ali
5. The short cases Andrew P. Sprowson and Mark Dunbar
6. The intermediate cases Neil E. Jarvis, Puneet Monga and Stan Jones
7. Shoulder clinical cases Yusuf Michla and David Cloke
8. Elbow clinical cases Ramnadh S. Pulavarti, Mohan K. Pullagura and Charalambos P. Charalambous
9. Hand and wrist clinical cases John E. D. Wright and John W. K. Harrison
10. Spine clinical cases Prasad Karpe
11. Hip clinical cases Suresh Thomas and Paul A. Banaszkiewicz
12. Knee clinical cases Deiary F. Kader and Francois Tudor
13. Foot and ankle clinical cases Rajesh Kakwani
14. Paediatric clinical cases Sattar Alshryda and Philip Henman
Part IV. The General Orthopaedics and Pathology Oral:
15. General viva guidance Abhijit Bhosale and Stan Jones
16. Hip oral core topics Sammy Hanna and Paul A. Banaszkiewicz
17. Knee oral core topics Khaled M. Sarraf and Deiary F. Kader
18. Foot and ankle oral core topics Kailash Devalia and Jane Madeley
19. Spine oral core topics Joseph Butler and Alexander D. L. Baker
20. Tumour oral core topics Thomas Beckingsale and Craig H. Gerrand
Part V. The Hand and Upper Limb Oral:
21. Hand oral core topics John W. K. Harrison and David R. Dickson
22. Elbow oral core topics Asir Aster and Matthew Jones
23. Shoulder oral core topics Matthew Jones and Asir Aster
24. Brachial Plexus core topics Chye Yew Ng and David R. Dickson
Part VI. The Paediatric Oral:
25. Paediatric oral core topics Kathryn Williams and Antoine de Gheldere
Part VII. The Trauma Oral:
26. General principles, spine and pelvis William Eardley and Paul Fearon
27. Upper limb trauma oral core topics Nirav K. Patel and Charalambos P. Charalambous
28. Lower limb trauma oral topics Jonathan R. A. Phillips and Gunasekaran Kumar
29. Applied trauma oral topics William Eardley, Paul Fearon and Jonathan R. A. Phillips
Part VIII. The Basic Science Oral:
30. Basic science oral topics Kevin P. Sherman
31. Applied basic science oral topics Paul A. Banaszkiewicz and Stan Jones
Part IX. Miscellaneous Topics:
32. Surgical exposures oral core topics Jonathan Loughead and Anish Kadakia
33. Anatomy for the FRCS (Tr & Orth) Apurv Sinha and Fazal Ali
34. SAS doctors and the FRCS (Tr & Orth) exam Ramnadh S. Pulavarti and Kevin P. Sherman
35. Candidates' accounts of the examination Jibu J. Joseph and Shariff Hazarika
36. Examination failure Andrew Port and Mike Reed.
