NATARAJAN’S TEXTBOOK OF ORTHOPAEDICS AND TRAUMATOLOGY 9TH EDITION

NATARAJAN’S Textbook of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 9th Edition
As per the Indian Competency-Based Medical Curriculum
This book offers an updated and thorough exposition of the fundamentals of Orthopaedics, related diseases, and their management. It is specifically designed for undergraduate medical students, students preparing for postgraduate medical entrance exams, and paramedical students of physiotherapy, occupational therapy, rehabilitation, prosthetics, orthotics, and nursing
Salient Features:
Extensively revised and thoroughly updated based on the competency-based medical education (CBME) curriculum outlined by the National Medical Commission
Competencies mapped throughout the text as per the COME curriculum and each chapter drafted based on a clinically oriented approach towards orthopaedic conditions
Learning Objectives introduced in each chapter for focused learning
New topics like posterolateral corner injuries, HIV and orthopaedic infections, and recent advancements in orthopaedic surgeries included as per CBME
Updates. Trauma victim evaluation updated based on Advanced Trauma Life Support, 10th edition; Disaster Management Act updated as per the National Disaster Management Plan, 2016
Chapter Tumours of Bone revised based on recent orthopaedic oncology treatment guidelines
Chapters on elbow, wrist and hand, and lower limb given as separate chapters owing to their clinical emphases
Diagnosis and management updated as per currently prevalent scientific evidence and recent treatment protocols
Practice points given to reinforze clinical and practice-based concepts, and to help prepare for competitive examinations such NEET-PG, INI-CET, proposed NExT examinations
Clinical photographs and radiographs added appropriately for better understanding
Quick chapter review as “testable concepts’ and probable examination questions along with critical thinking exercises given at the end of each chapter
Appendis for instruments with their description and uses
Online! Answers to the chapter-end critical thinking evercises