PART 1: FUNDAMENTALS; 1.1 Principles of epidemiology and research methodology; 1.2 Measurement; 1.3 Principles of diagnosis and management; 1.4 Genetic disorders of the skeleton; 1.5 The musculoskeletal system: structure and function; 1.6 Tumors; 1.7 Injury and repair; 1.8 Hemoglobinopathies; 1.9 Fundamentals of infection; 1.10 Pain and its control; 1.11 Biomechanics; 1.12 Locomotion analysis; 1.13 Imaging; PART 2: ADULT ORTHOPEDICS; 2.1 Spinal disorders; 2.2 Shoulder and elbow; 2.3 Hand and wrist; 2.4 Hip and pelvis; 2.5 Knee; 2.6 Ankle and foot; 2.7 General disorders; PART 3: TRAUMA; 3.1 Fracture classification; 3.2 To be confirmed; 3.3 Complications of fractures; 3.4 Management of the multiply injured patient; 3.5 Orthopedic approach to the multiply injured patient; 3.6 Principles of wartime surgery; 3.7 Outcome after blast, missile, and gunshot wounds; 3.8 The management of open fractures; 3.9 Soft-tissue coverage; 3.10 Combined vascular and orthopedic injuries; 3.11 Limb salvage versus amputation; 3.12 Principles of closed treatment of fractures; 3.13 Principles of plate and screw osteosynthesis; 3.14 Principles of intramedullary nailing; 3.15 Principles of monolateral external fixation; 3.16 Principles of circular external fixation in trauma; 3.17 Absorbable implants for fracture fixation; 3.18 Stress fractures; 3.19 Pathologic fractures; 3.20 Injuries to muscle-tendon units; 3.21 The use of antibiotics in fracture care; 3.22 Dislocations and joint injuries in the hand; 3.23 Flexor tendon injuries; 3.24 Extensor tendon injuries in the hand and wrist; 3.25 Infections, burns, injection injuries, and compartment syndromes of the hand; 3.26 Principles of open hand injuries; 3.27 Nerve injuries; 3.28 Replantation; 3.29 Metacarpal and phalangeal fractures; 3.30 Scaphoid fractures; 3.31 Instabilities of the carpus; 3.32 Injuries of the distal radio-ulnar joint; 3.33 Fractures of the distal radius; 3.34 Forearm fractures; 3.35 Fractures of the olecranon, coronoid, and radial head, and elbow dislocations; 3.36 Distal humeral fractures; 3.37 Humeral shaft fractures; 3.38 Proximal humeral fractures; 3.39 Dislocations about the shoulder girdle, scapular fractures, and clavicle fractures; 3.40 Imaging in spinal disorders; 3.41 Emergency management of the traumatized cervical spine; 3.42 Upper cervical spine trauma; 3.43 Lower cervical spine trauma; 3.44 Whiplash injuries; 3.45 Thoracic fractures; 3.46 Thoracolumbar, lumbar, and sacral fractures; 3.47 Post-traumatic spinal reconstruction; 3.48 Rehabilitation of spinal cord injuries; 3.49 Pelvic ring fractures: assessment, associated injuries, and acute management; 3.50 Pelvic ring injuries: definitive management; 3.51 Fractures of the acetabulum - classification and radiographic assessment; 3.52 Management of acetabular fractures; 3.53 Dislocations of the hip and femoral head fractures; 3.54 Femoral neck fractures; 3.55 Trochanteric and subtrochanteric fractures of the femur; 3.56 Femur shaft fractures;
