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McRae's Orthopaedic Trauma and Emergency Fracture Management

  • 4th Edition -
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Timothy O. White, Samuel P. Mackenzie
  • Language: English

McRae’s Orthopaedic Trauma and Emergency Fracture Management is the essential, best-selling ‘survival guide’ for the orthopaedic surgeon, trainee, resident or practitioner tr… Read more

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McRae’s Orthopaedic Trauma and Emergency Fracture Management is the essential, best-selling ‘survival guide’ for the orthopaedic surgeon, trainee, resident or practitioner treating injured patients in the Emergency or Orthopaedic Department.

This fourth edition has been extensively updated and rewritten, retaining the essence and underlying principles of McRae’s original book, but with new text and illustrations to ensure it remains at the cutting edge.

This highly regarded book is a companion to McRae’s Elective Orthopaedics, and together these titles provide complete coverage of orthopaedic surgery as relevant to contemporary practice.

Key features

  • Comprehensive coverage of the full range of orthopaedic trauma presentations in the Emergency Department, operating theatre, and outpatient clinic
  • Clear step-by-step illustrations and text guide you through the relevant anatomy, examination, and investigations before you see the patient
  • More than 500 illustrations and 250 x-rays
  • Practical procedures, including fracture and joint reduction and immobilisation, explained step-by-step
  • Careful descriptions of the principals of trauma surgery and individual surgical procedures provide excellent preparation for the trauma meeting and operating theatre
  • Covers postoperative care, complications and follow-up, providing a framework for your fracture clinic

Readership

Core trainees / SHO level in orthopaedics and A&E / Emergency departments. Foundation year doctors. Senior medical students

Table of contents

Part 1: General Principles

1. Fractures and fracture management

2. Management of the injured patient

3. Limb-threatening injuries

4. Closed management of fractures

5. Operative management of fractures

6. Musculoskeletal infection and joint aspiration

7. Complications

Part 2 Specific Injuries by Region

8. Shoulder girdle

9. Humerus

10. Elbow

11. Forearm

12. Wrist and carpus

13. Hand

14. Spine

15. Pelvis

16. Acetabulum

17. Hip

18. Femur

19. Knee

20. Tibia

21. Ankle

22. Foot

23. Principles of paediatric trauma

24. Upper limb paediatric trauma Shoulder girdle

25. Lower limb paediatric trauma Pelvis and acetabulum

Part 3 Training in Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery

26. Getting the most from your orthopaedic training

Product details

  • Edition: 4
  • Latest edition
  • Published: April 19, 2023
  • Language: English

About the authors

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Timothy O. White

Timothy O White, BMedSci, MBChB, FRCSEd (Tr &Orth), MD, Consultant in Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh; Honorary Senior Lecturer in the Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, University of Edinburgh;
Affiliations and expertise
Consultant Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh; Honorary Senior Lecturer in the Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, University of Edinburgh, UK

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Samuel P. Mackenzie

Samuel P Mackenzie, BMed Sci, MBChB, MRCS, Specialty Trainee, Trauma and Orthopaedic, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh; Honorary Teaching Fellow, University of Edinburgh
Affiliations and expertise
Specialty Trainee in Trauma and Orthopaedic, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh; Honorary Teaching Fellow, University of Edinburgh, UK