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Textbook of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Rheumatology E-Book

Textbook of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Rheumatology E-Book

Raashid Luqmani | Benjamin Joseph | James Robb | Daniel Porter

(2012)

Abstract

Winner of the prize for New Edited Book at The Royal Society of Medicine & The Society of Authors' Medical Book Awards, this textbook for medical students covers orthopaedics, trauma and rheumatology in one volume. It offers both core information regarding what the student needs to know about these specialties and an extensive series of cases with questions and answers that illustrate the thinking behind common everyday practice. The book offers a standard approach to history taking and physical examination, and relevant anatomy, highlighting the reasons for the different approaches within each specialty as required.

  • Provides a comprehensive overview of musculoskeletal medicine and surgery perfectly tailored for the busy medical student
  • Illustrated in full colour throughout
  • Succinct coverage of essential topics helps aid understanding whilst avoid unnecessary detail thus saving time
  • Uniform style of chapters throughout allows readers to easily scan through for the information required
  • Useful summary boxes outline the main points of each condition including aetiology, pathology, epidemiology, clinical features, investigations, management and prognosis
  • 100 case histories with questions illustrate the range of clinical problems that students will encounter during their clinical placements
  • A new chapter on Sports and Exercise Injury
  • A new restructured chapter on fractures pulls together the text into a more logical presentation of the subject
  • Additional text on sports injuries to children will be included
  • A refocused chapter on the multi-professional team approach to the management of musculoskeletal disorders
  • An update of the therapeutics in all chapters
  • 50 new case studies included.

Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Front cover cover
Textbook of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Rheumatology i
Copyright page iv
Table of Contents v
List of contributors viii
Acknowledgements x
List of abbreviations xi
Introduction xv
Musculoskeletal disorders xv
Impairment, disability and handicap xvi
Reference xvii
Principles of evidence-based practice xvii
1 Musculoskeletal System 1
1 Clinical History and Examination 3
lEssential facts 3
General considerations 3
History 3
General physical examination 3
‘Red flags’ in non-traumatic disorders 5
Malignancy 6
Infection 6
Spinal disorders 6
Giant cell arteritis 6
Slipped upper femoral epiphysis 6
Summary 7
Examination of limbs 7
look 7
feel 7
move 8
special tests 8
Shoulder 8
Overview of anatomy and examination 8
Elbow 15
2 Management of Musculoskeletal Problems 79
5 Medical management of arthritis 81
lEssential facts 81
Analgesics 81
Need for analgesia 81
Practical use of analgesics 81
Paracetamol 82
Codeine and dihydrocodeine 82
Tramadol 82
Stronger opiates 82
Compound analgesics 82
Other drugs 83
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs 83
Classification 83
Indications 83
Mechanism of action and COX1/COX2 effects 83
Conventional nsaids 83
COX2 drugs (COXIBS) 84
Adverse reactions to NSAIDs 84
Topical NSAIDs 85
Disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs 85
Indications 85
Commonly used DMARDs 85
Methotrexate 85
Leflunomide 86
Sulfasalazine 86
Other DMARDs 86
Combining DMARDs 87
Current best practice with dmards 87
early treatment 87
treating to target 87
withdrawing dmards 87
pregnancy 87
immunization 87
Best approach 87
Biologics 88
Indications for biologics 88
Clinical effects 88
Adverse effects 89
Immune responses to biologics 89
Biologics during surgery and major medical illness 89
Vaccination 89
New biologics 89
BEYOND BIOLOGICS-SMALL MOLECULES 90
Steroids 90
Background 90
Systemic steroids 90
Side-effects 90
Intra-articular and soft-tissue steroid injections 90
Drugs for gout 91
Allopurinol 91
Febuxostat 91
Colchicine 92
Drugs for metabolic bone disease 92
Further reading 92
6 Musculoskeletal infection 93
lEssential facts 93
Introduction 93
Pathology of musculoskeletal infection 93
Clinical presentation of musculoskeletal infection 94
Principles of management of musculoskeletal infection 94
Specific infections 95
Cellulitis 95
Acute myositis/pyomyositis 95
Acute septic arthritis 95
Acute osteomyelitis 96
Chronic osteomyelitis 96
Special situations 98
Necrotizing fasciitis 98
Gangrene 98
Tuberculosis of bones and joints 98
Sickle cell disease 99
Implant-related infection 99
Immunocompromised patients 100
Poliomyelitis 100
leprosy 100
Further reading 100
7 Role of the allied health professional 101
lEssential facts 101
Role of the nurse specialist 101
Nurse-led clinics 101
education 102
dmards and blood monitoring 102
rheumatology helpline 103
specialist clinics 103
non-medical prescribing 103
Summary 103
Role of the physiotherapist 103
Physiotherapy assessment 103
Therapy 104
Walking aids 104
Postoperative rehabilitation 104
Role of the occupational therapist 104
Preoperative assessment 104
Energy conservation advice 105
Joint protection 105
Cognitive behavioural approaches 105
Role of the podiatrist 105
Podiatry examination of the lower limb 105
Treatment 106
Role of the orthotist and orthoses 106
Orthotic terminology 106
Orthotic function 106
Biomechanical principles of orthotic function 106
Summary 108
Further reading 108
8 Surgical management of joint disorders 109
lEssential facts 109
Introduction 109
Arthroscopy 109
Repair or excision of intra-articular soft-tissue structures 109
Joint stabilization 110
Loose bodies 110
Ligament reconstruction 110
Synovectomy 110
Osteotomy 110
Arthroplasty 111
Total joint replacement 111
Hemi-arthroplasty 112
Excision arthroplasty 112
Arthrodesis 112
Further reading 113
3 Trauma 115
9 Fracture management 117
Essential facts 117
Definition of fracture 118
Principles of treatment 118
Non-operative treatment 118
Relative indications for non-operative treatment 118
Types of non-operative treatment 119
Operative treatment methods 119
External fixation 119
indications for external fixation 119
Internal fixation 119
indications for internal fixation 120
Dislocations 120
Arthroplasty 121
Early local complications of fractures 121
Compartment syndrome 121
Nerve injury 122
Vascular injury 122
plan of management for fracture with vascular injury 122
Infection 122
Late local complications 123
Non-union 123
patient risk factors for delayed or non-union 123
fracture risk factors for delayed or non-union 123
Mal-union 124
Post-traumatic osteoarthritis 124
Avascular necrosis 124
Complex regional pain syndrome 124
General complications of fractures 125
Fat embolism 125
risk factors for development of FES 125
Deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism 125
Complications of immobility 126
Further reading 126
10 Management of multiple trauma 127
lEssential facts 127
History 127
Initial assessment 128
Primary survey 128
Shock 128
Thoracic trauma 129
Abdominal trauma 129
Head injury 129
Musculoskeletal injuries in multiple trauma 129
Further reading 131
11 Children’s fractures 132
lEssential facts 132
Structure of a child’s bone 132
Types of fracture 132
Physeal (growth plate) injuries 134
Periosteum 135
Fracture healing 135
Remodelling 135
Summary 136
Non-accidental injury 137
Assessment 138
Differential diagnosis 138
Investigations 139
Inter-agency working 139
Further reading 139
12 Regional injuries 140
lEssential facts 140
Upper limb injuries 140
Fractures of the clavicle and shoulder girdle 140
clavicular fractures 140
scapular fractures 141
shoulder injuries 141
acromio-clavicular dislocations 141
gleno-humeral dislocation 141
proximal humeral fractures 142
Humeral shaft fractures 143
Fractures around the elbow 143
distal humeral fractures 143
olecranon fractures 145
radial head and neck injuries 145
elbow dislocations and fracture dislocations 146
Fractures of the forearm 147
Fractures at the wrist 149
fractures of the carpus 150
scaphoid fractures 150
other carpal bones 150
fractures of the metacarpals and phalanges 151
history and clinical assessment 151
management of metacarpal and phalangeal shaft fractures 152
unstable and intra-articular fractures 152
Tendon and nerve injuries in the hand 152
tendon injuries 152
extensor tendon injuries 152
flexor tendon injuries 153
nerve injuries 153
Lower limb injuries 154
Pelvic and acetabular fractures 154
pelvic fractures 154
management 154
acetabular fractures 155
radiology 155
management 155
Hip fractures 155
anatomy, classification and epidemiology 156
clinical findings 156
management 156
intra-capsular fractures 157
extra-capsular fractures 157
outcome after hip fracture 157
Femoral shaft fractures 157
clinical and radiographic assessment 157
treatment 158
Distal femoral fractures 159
Soft-tissue knee injuries 160
ligament injury 160
meniscal tears 160
patellar dislocation 161
Tibial plateau fractures 161
imaging 161
management 161
Tibial shaft fractures 162
epidemiology 162
clinical and radiographic assessment 162
management 162
Distal tibial fractures 164
Ankle fractures 165
epidemiology 165
clinical and radiographic assessment 165
management 165
outcome 166
Hindfoot and forefoot injuries 166
talus fractures 166
Calcaneus fractures 166
Mid-foot injuries 167
Metatarsal and phalangeal injuries 167
Further reading 168
13 Sport and exercise associated problems in adults 169
lEssential facts 169
Introduction 169
Bone stress 169
The female athlete triad 170
Tendinopathy 171
Jumper’s knee (patellar tendinopathy) 171
Recurrent exertional compartment syndrome (recs, chronic compartment syndrome) 172
Patello-femoral pain syndrome (anterior knee pain, chondromalacia patellae) 172
Ilio-tibial band friction syndrome (runner’s knee, ilio-tibial band syndrome) 172
Lower leg pain 172
Groin pain 172
Buttock pain 174
Further reading 174
4 Rheumatology 175
14 Generalized musculoskeletal problems 177
lEssential facts 177
Chronic pain 177
Importance of a positive diagnosis 178
Fibromyalgia 178
Complex regional pain syndrome 178
Chronic fatigue syndrome (cfs) 179
Hypermobility syndrome 179
Rheumatic manifestations of metabolic and endocrine diseases 180
diabetes mellitus 180
limited joint mobility (diabetic cheiro-arthropathy, diabetic hand syndrome) 181
dupuytren’s contracture 181
palmar flexor tenosynovitis 181
adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder) 181
osteopenia 182
carpal tunnel syndrome 182
diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (forestier disease) 182
diabetic amyotrophy 183
scleroedema 183
neuropathic arthropathy (charcot’s joint) 183
bone and joint infection 183
diabetic muscle infarction 184
osteoarthritis 184
thyroid disease 184
osteoporosis 184
thyroid acropachy 184
effects of treating thyroid disease on the musculoskeletal problems 184
hyperparathyroidism 185
hyperadrenocortisolism 185
acromegaly 185
alkaptonuria (ochronosis) 186
osteoarticular disorders of renal origin 186
β2-microglobin amyloidosis 187
crystal arthropathies 187
bone and joint infections 187
primary hyperlipidaemia 187
lysosomal storage disorders 187
glycogen storage disease 188
haemochromatosis 188
pathogenesis 188
clinical features 188
investigations 188
differential diagnosis 188
treatment 188
Further reading 189
15 Osteoarthritis and crystal arthropathies 190
lEssential facts 190
Osteoarthritis 191
Epidemiology 191
Pathology and pathogenesis 192
Clinical features 193
Common clinical presentations 194
Atypical and ‘secondary’ osteoarthritis 195
Investigations 196
Management 196
non-pharmacological modalities of therapy 196
pharmacological modalities of therapy 197
surgery 197
Natural history and prognosis 199
Crystal arthritis and deposition-associated disease 199
Crystal formation and pathogenesis (Fig. 15.6) 199
Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposition 201
epidemiology 201
causes and associations 201
clinical presentation 202
investigations 202
treatment 202
Basic calcium phosphate crystal deposition 203
Gout 204
aetiology 205
clinical features 207
chronic tophaceous gout 208
investigations 208
treatment 209
acute gout 209
recurrent, intercritical and chronic gout 210
asymptomatic hyperuricaemia 211
Further reading 211
16 Inflammatory arthritis 213
lEssential facts 213
Rheumatoid arthritis 213
Definition 213
Aetiology and pathogenesis 214
Clinical features 215
history 215
examination 215
Early rheumatoid arthritis 216
Investigation 217
Treatment 217
non-pharmacological therapy 219
monitoring response to treatment 219
Prognosis 220
Spondyloarthritis 220
Ankylosing spondylitis 220
definition 220
aetiology/pathogenesis 220
clinical features 220
history 220
examination 221
tests 221
treatment 221
prognosis 222
Psoriatic arthritis 222
definition 222
aetiology/pathogenesis 222
clinical features 222
tests 223
treatment 223
prognosis 223
Reactive arthritis 223
definition 223
aetiology and pathogenesis 223
clinical features 224
tests 224
treatment 224
Arthritis associated with inflammatory bowel disease 225
5 Orthopaedics 267
20 Tumours of the musculoskeletal system and pathological fractures 269
lEssential facts 269
Tumours 269
Neoplastic (benign) 269
Neoplastic (malignant) 271
osteosarcoma 272
ewing’s sarcoma 272
chondrosarcoma 272
other malignant tumours 272
adamantinoma 272
multiple myeloma 272
Familial neoplastic traits and musculoskeletal neoplasia 273
Secondary tumours of bone 274
Inflammatory nodules 274
Miscellaneous nodules 275
Pathological fractures 276
Further reading 277
21 Upper limb 278
lEssential facts 278
Shoulder 278
Osteoarthritis 278
Biceps tendon rupture 279
Impingement syndrome and rotator cuff disease 279
Frozen shoulder 280
Mononeuritis 280
Elbow 280
Osteoarthritis 280
Epicondylitis 280
Nerve entrapment 280
Hand problems 281
Dupuytren’s disease 281
Trigger finger 281
De quervain’s disease 281
Osteoarthritis 281
Rheumatoid arthritis 281
Carpal tunnel syndrome 282
Further reading 282
22 Cervical and lumbar spine 283
lEssential facts 283
Spinal anatomy 283
Degenerative conditions of the cervical spine 284
Cervical myelopathy 284
Rheumatoid arthritis of the cervical spine 285
‘Whiplash’ injuries 287
Mechanical back pain 287
Lumbar disc disease 288
Management of lumbar disc herniation 290
Investigations 290
Operative treatment 290
Cauda equina syndrome 290
Spinal stenosis 290
Spondylolysis 291
Spondylolisthesis 291
Thoracic spinal pathology 291
Spinal injury 292
Initial assessment and treatment of spinal cord injury 292
Further management of spinal column and/or cord injury 292
Further reading 292
23 Lower limb 293
lEssential facts 293
Hip 293
Hip osteoarthritis 293
Trochanteric bursitis 293
Rectus femoris sprain/avulsion 293
Psoas bursa 294
Meralgia paraesthetica 294
Acetabular labral injury 294
Avascular necrosis 294
Referred pain 294
Non-musculoskeletal pathology 294
Knee 294
Septic arthritis 294
Cysts and bursae 294
Menisci 295
Osteoarthritis 296
Foot and ankle 296
General examination 296
Ankle and hindfoot osteoarthritis 296
Rheumatoid arthritis 296
Flat feet 296
Toes 296
Toe-nails 297
Further reading 297
6 Paediatrics 299
24 Normal variants in children 301
lEssential facts 301
Gait variants 301
Bow legs and knock-knees 302
Growing pains 302
Anterior knee pain 303
Calcaneo-valgus 303
Flat feet 303
Sever’s disease 304
Toe deformities 304
Further reading 305
25 Upper and lower limb disorders in children 306
lEssential facts 306
Sprengel’s shoulder 306
Syndactyly 306
Polydactyly 307
Trigger thumb 307
Obstetric brachial plexus palsy 307
Paediatric foot and ankle 308
Definitions of position and deformity 308
Presentation of foot deformities at different ages 308
birth 308
metatarsus adductus 308
congenital talipes equinovarus (clubfoot or congenitally inverted foot) 308
childhood 309
osteochondritic conditions 309
pes cavus 309
tiptoe walking 310
early adolescence 310
flat foot, pes cavus and toe deformities 310
Symptomatic accessory navicular 310
Tarsal coalition 310
Hallux valgus 310
miscellaneous abnormalities 311
The knee in childhood 311
Presentation at different ages 311
birth 311
early childhood 311
referred pain 311
patello-femoral dysfunction 311
mid-childhood 312
later childhood 312
meniscal tears 312
adolescence 312
ligament tears 312
osteochondritis dissecans 313
tibial tubercle pain 314
joint laxity and patellar instability 314
haematological and other conditions 314
Paediatric hip joint conditions 314
Presentations at different ages 314
birth 314
developmental dysplasia of the hip 314
septic arthritis 315
mid-childhood 316
irritable hip 316
perthes’ disease (legg–calve–perthes’ disease) 316
other causes of limp 316
Dysplasia 316
Infection 317
Chronic arthritis 317
later childhood 317
limp 317
miscellaneous 317
adolescence 318
slipped upper femoral epiphysis 318
reactive synovitis 318
tumour 318
avascular necrosis 318
Further reading 319
26 The paediatric spine and neuromuscular conditions 320
lEssential facts 320
Paediatric spine 320
Scoliosis 320
idiopathic scoliosis 320
classification 321
aetiology 321
clinical presentation and prognosis 321
Infantile idiopathic scoliosis 321
Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis 322
clinical approach 322
examination 322
radiographic evaluation 322
treatment 322
congenital scoliosis 323
the spine in spina bifida (myelomeningocele) 325
neuromuscular scoliosis 326
Kyphosis and lordosis 326
Back pain in children 328
clinical approach 328
examination and investigations 329
spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis 330
spinal infection 330
clinical approach 331
investigations 331
treatment 331
other spinal conditions 332
intervertebral disc herniation 332
Clinical presentation 332
Treatment 332
neoplasms 332
Disorders of upper motor neurone, spinal cord, peripheral nerves and muscle in children 332
Spinal muscular atrophy 333
Duchenne muscular dystrophy 333
Becker muscular dystrophy 334
Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy (charcot–marie–tooth disease) 335
Myotonic dystrophy 335
spina bifida 335
patterns of spina bifida 335
antenatal screening 335
associated anomalies 335
mobility 336
management 336
Cerebral palsy 336
Further reading 340
27 Arthritis in children 341
lEssential facts 341
Classification 341
Oligoarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis 342
Eye disease in oligoarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis 342
Polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis 342
Systemic-onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis 342
Enthesitis-related arthritis 343
Juvenile-onset psoriatic arthritis 343
Differential diagnosis 343
Complications of juvenile arthritis 344
Investigations 344
Management of juvenile idiopathic arthritis 345
Drug therapy 345
Non-drug therapy 345
Further reading 346
28 Sport and exercise associated problems in children and adolescents 347
lEssential facts 347
Introduction 347
Traction apophysitis (apophysitis) 347
Spondylolysis (pars defect, stress fracture of the spine; see also Chapter 26) 348
Osteochondritis dissecans 348
Snapping hip 349
Patello-femoral pain syndrome (anterior knee pain, chondromalacia patellae) 349
What not to miss 349
Further reading 349
7 Problem-orientated section 351
Cases 353
Case 1 353
Case 2 353
Case 3 353
Case 4 354
Case 5 354
Case 6 354
Case 7 355
Case 8 355
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