Bone Health

by Prof. C.L. Colton, in collaboration with Prof. S. Perren
Succinct and helpful definitions of about 300 terms used in the description of orthopaedic trauma, fractures, dislocations, sprains, injuries and complications

Orthopaedic Trauma Association Core Curriculum Presentation Course. Powerpoint Presentation made by well known authorities in the area and hosted by the OTA. You may use and edit these presentations for educational purposes provided you give credit to the original author and the OTA

Full text and illustrations of 1991 textbook

treat all open fractures as an emergency; - perform thorough initial evaluation to diagnose other life-threatening injuries:
Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics

Marvin Tile Lecture: Medscape 2000 History and some of the ongoing problems in trauma care

Comprehensive fracture and dislocation classification published by OTA in Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma Vol 10, Suppl. 1, 1996 Classification of fractures in individual bones are listed under those bones

- fractures which occur from low energy injuries which occur through an area of bone weakness with a pre-existing abnormality;
- injured area demonstrates distorted architecture and distorted bone density;
- Diff Dx:
- Fibrous Dysplasia
- Fibrous Histiocytoma
- Gaucher's Disease
- Giant Cell Tumor of Bone
- Metastatic Tumors to Bone (most common)
- Metastatic Breast Cancer:
- Multiple Myeloma
- Nonossifying fibroma
- Osteogenesis Imperfecta
- Osteomalacia
- Osteomyelitis:
- Osteoporosis
- Osteopetrosis
- Pagets Disease
- Renal Osteodystrophy
- Simple Bone Cyst / Unicameral
Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics (has links to all the above topics)

Orthopaedic Trauma Association Core Curriculum Presentation Course. Powerpoint Presentation made by well known authorities in the area and hosted by the OTA. You may use and edit these presentations for educational purposes provided you give credit to the original author and the OTA

Orthopaedic Trauma Association Core Curriculum Presentation Course. Powerpoint Presentation made by well known authorities in the area and hosted by the OTA. You may use and edit these presentations for educational purposes provided you give credit to the original author and the OTA

Sunmed is an online textbook authored by S.P.Suresh FRCS (Gen), FRCS (Orth). This is an archive version of the page.
General Treatment of injured patients
* First aid at the scene of accident
* Transport to a hospital
* Resuscitation : Airway, Breathing & Circulation
Specific treatment of fractures
* Reduce
* Immobilise
* Rehabilitate

occur as the result of repetitive loading below yeild strength & are most common in lower extremity (metatarsals> calcaneus> tibia)
Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics

AO pioneer Martin Allgower gives an illustrated lecture on the development of modern concepts of fracture fixation. Needs RealPlayer media plugin
Archive Copy

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)
Initial Orders for the Trauma Patient:
References
Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics

TraumAID Home Page
TraumAID is a program developed over the past twelve years to assist physicians with the diagnosis and treatment of penetrating trauma (gunshot and stab wounds) to the chest and abdomen. The project has subsequently expanded to encompass other emergency medicine related endeavors.

OTA Paper 2004: A Study in 13,301 Patients from the German Trauma Registry
Purpose The NISS is a recent modification of the ISS, calculated from the sum of the squares of AIS for the three worst injuries, regardless of body region. The aim of this study was to investigate the predictive value of NISS in our usual population of patients with a predominantly blunt-injury mechanism.
Conclusion: The NISS was found to be superior or equivalent to the ISS and AISmax for prediction of all investigated outcomes in a population of typical European trauma patients.