1. How to Approach Examinations?
What is Expected in Examinations?
How to Prepare for Examinations?
Do's and Don'ts in Examinations
How to Read this Book?
2. The Hip
Examination Points for a Hip Case
Case I: Tuberculosis of Hip Joint
Case II: Nonunion Fractured Neck of Femur (The Unsolved Fracture of Speed)
Case III: Osteonecrosis of Femoral Head
Case IV: Perthes Disease
Case V: Congenital and Developmental Coxa Vara
Case VI: Slipped Capital (Upper) Femoral Epiphysis
Case VII: Late Sequelae of Septic Arthritis of Hip Joint
Case VIII: Developmental Dysplasia of Hip
Case IX: Poliomyelitis Affection of Hip
Case X: Old Unreduced Hip Dislocations and Fracture Dislocation
Case XI: Malunited/Old Neglected Fracture Intertrochanteric
3. The Knee
Examination Points for a Knee Case
Case I: Recurrent Dislocation of Patella
Case II: Angular Deformity of Knee (Genu Varum and Genu Valgum)
Case III: Quadriceps Contracture
Case IV: Exostosis (Osteochondroma ICD 10: C40-C41; ICD-O: 9210/0)
Case V: Polio Knee
Case VI: Injury to Anterior Cruciate Ligament
Case VII: Injury to Posterior Cruciate Ligament
Case VIII: Tuberculosis of the Knee Joint
4. Foot and Ankle
Examination Points for Foot and Ankle Cases
Case I: Congenital Talipes (Latin-Talus = Ankle; Pes = Foot) Equinovarus
Case II: Congenital Vertical Talus
Case III: Polio Affection of Foot and Ankle
Case IV: Tendo-achilles Rupture
Case V: Foot Drop
5. Shoulder
Examination Points for Shoulder Case
Case I: Tuberculosis of Shoulder Joint
Case II: Unstable Shoulder
Case III: Deltoid Contracture
6. The Elbow Joint
Examination Points for an Elbow Case
Case I: Tuberculosis of Elbow Joint
Case II: The Stiff Elbow and Ectopic Ossification
Case III: The Unstable Elbow
Case IV: Cubitus Varus
Case V: Cubitus Valgus
Case VI: Old Unreduced Monteggia Fracture Dislocation
7. Wrist and Hand
Examination Points for a Wrist and Hand Case
Case I: Peripheral Nerve Injuries (Radial, Median, and Ulnar Nerves)
Case II: Leprosy Hand
Case III: Dupuytren Disease
Case IV: Flexor Tendon Injury
Case V: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (Tardy Median Palsy)
Case VI: Malunited Distal Radius Fracture
8. The Spine
Examination of Spine
Case I: Spinal Tuberculosis (Pott's Disease)
Case II: Lumbar Disk Disease (Prolapsed Intervertebral Disk Disease)
Case III: Scoliosis
Case IV: Spondylolisthesis
9. Miscellaneous Short Cases
Case I: Chronic Osteomyelitis
Case II: Nonunion of Long Bones
Case III: Pseudoarthrosis of Tibia
Case IV: Amputation Stump
Case V: Examination of Swelling
Case VI: Volkmann's Ischemic Contracture and Compartment Syndrome
Case VII: Torticollis (Tortus (L.): Twisted; Collum (L.): Neck)
10. Miscellaneous Topics Gait Prosthetics and Orthotics Wound Infection, Wound Coverage, and Dressings
Principles of Fracture Fixation
Arthroplasty of Hip, Elbow, and Shoulder
11. Guide to Reading an X-ray and Some Common Radiographs as Examples
12. Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)/Spots
Manish Kumar Varshney MS (Ortho) DNB (Ortho Surg) MNAMS MRCS (Glasgow)
Senior Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, SMVD Narayana Superspeciality Hospital, Reasi, Jammu & Kashmir, India
