Postgraduate Orthopaedics: The Candidate’s Guide to the FRCS (TR & Orth) Examination

633 Pages·2009·4.85 MB·English

by  Paul A. Banaszkiewicz

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Postgraduate Orthopaedics

Postgraduate
Orthopaedics
The Candidate’s Guide to the
FRCS (Tr & Orth) Examination
Edited by
Paul A. Banaszkiewicz
FRCS (Glas) FRCS (Ed) FRCS (Eng)
FRCS (Tr & Orth) Cert Clin Ed
Consultant Orthopaedic surgeon
Queen Elizabeth Hospital and North East Surgery Centre
Gateshead, UK
Associate Editors
Deiary F. Kader
FRCS (Tr & Orth) MFSEM (UK)
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
Queen Elizabeth Hospital and North East Surgical Centre
Gateshead, UK
Visiting Professor, Sports Science
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Nicola Maffulli
MD MS PhD FRCS (Orth)
Professor of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery
Keele University School of Medicine
Stoke on Trent
Staffordshire, UK
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Contents
List of contributors vii
Foreword by Mr Peter Gibson ix
Preface xi
Glossary xiii
Section 1 The FRCS (Tr & Orth)
examination 1
1. General guidance 3
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Simon Barker
Section 2 The written paper 7
2. Written paper guidance 9
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Section 3 The clinicals 11
3. The short cases 13
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4. Short case list 15
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5. The long cases 17
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6. Long case list 19
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7. Hand and wrist clinical cases 20
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John W. K. Harrison
8. Shoulder and elbow clinical cases 51
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9. Spine clinical cases 64 Section 7 The trauma oral 401
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23. Trauma oral topics 403
10. Hip clinical cases 71 Abayomi Animashawun and
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11. Knee clinical cases 105
Section 8 The basic science oral 459
Deiary F. Kader and Leo Pinczewski
24. Basic science oral core topics 461
12. Foot and ankle clinical cases 110
Simon Barker and
Paul A. Banaszkiewicz
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13. Paediatric clinical cases 126
Paul A. Banaszkiewicz Section 9 Miscellaneous topics 567
25. Candidates’ accounts of the
Section 4 Adult elective
examination 569
orthopaedics oral 133
Paul A. Banaszkiewicz and Niall Munro
14. General oral guidance 135
26. Examination failure 587
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15. Shoulder and elbow oral core topics 138
Niall Munro Index 591
16. Hip oral core topics 155
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17. Knee oral core topics 194
Deiary F. Kader and Leo Pinczewski
18. Foot and ankle oral core topics 215
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19. Spine oral core topics 237
Niall Craig
Section 5 The hand oral 271
20. Syllabus and general guidance 273
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21. Hand oral core topics 276
Paul A. Banaszkiewicz and
John W. K. Harrison
Section 6 The paediatric oral 357
22. Paediatric oral topics 359
Joseph Alsousou and
Paul A. Banaszkiewicz
Contributors
Mr. Abayomi Animashawun BSc (Hons) MRCS (Ed)
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Gateshead, UK
Mr. Joseph Alsousou LMSSA (Lon) MRCS (Ed)
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Gateshead, UK
Mr. Simon Barker BSc (Hons) MD FRCS (Tr & Orth)
Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital
Aberdeen, UK
Mr. Paul A. Banaszkiewicz FRCS (Glas) FRCS (Ed)
FRCS (Eng) FRCS (Tr & Orth) Cert Clin Ed
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Gateshead, UK
Mr. Niall Craig FRCS (Ed) FRCS (Tr & Orth)
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
Aberdeen, UK
Mr. John W. K. Harrison MSc FRCSEd (Tr & Orth)
MFSEM (UK)
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Gateshead, UK
Mr. Deiary F. Kader FRCS (Tr & Orth) MFSEM (UK)
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Gateshead, UK
Visiting Professor, Sport Science
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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Mr. Niall Munro MD FRCS (Tr & Orth)
Golden Jubilee Hospital
Glasgow, UK
Mr. Leo Pinczewski MBBS FRACS
North Sydney Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine
Centre
Sydney, NSW
Australia