Textbook of Orthopedics (Includes Clinical Examination Methods in Orthopedics) by Rakesh John

• Each and every chapter has been thoroughly updated

• I have inserted about 1,350 mind-boggling color diagrams in this edition

• I have inserted a number of color clinical photographs wherever required

• New X-rays have been added

• Breaking away from the conventional practice, I have introduced lots of innovative and thought-provoking diagrams, which is an idea of my own. Hope students will like it

• Even the appendices have been thoroughly revised

• Due to the sheer number of diagrams, the book has slightly overgrown its size. However, it is an apparent bulk and not the real bulk as diagrams add to the quality of the book.

This book has been widely appreciated for columns like quick facts, vital facts, flowcharts, points to ponder, mnemonics, etc. and many students have told me that they just read these just before the examinations. These columns give them the gist of the entire chapters in a jiffy and it is a great boon to them. Section on Clinical Examination Methods in Orthopedics continues to be offered as a free supplement with this edition.

• New sections have been created

• Good and explicit line diagrams

• Autobiographical anatomy, mnemonics and anecdotes

• Many new diagrams and new X-rays have been added

• Lots of relevant clinical photographs have been added

• For certain practical application in orthopaedics, such as reduction of a fracture or a dislocation, live practical steps have been used as illustrations

• Global trauma is on the rise, hence a chapter on trauma

• A whole new section on geriatric orthopaedics

• Sections on common surgical techniques in orthopaedics, anthroscopy, arthroplasty, evidence-based orthopaedics have been liked by students and hence retained in this edition too.