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I. Upper Limb Module |
- Comprehensive shoulder examination – Conventional testing, Newer tests, Specificity and sensitivity, Audio and video demonstration
- Shoulder exposures – Demonstration of approaches with advantages and limitations, How to select an approach
- Shoulder arthroplasty - Hemi /Total / Reverse prosthesis – Indications for each, Advantages and disadvantages, limitations and liabilities, Survivorship analysis and long term results of various prosthesis, Techniques
- Impingement syndromes – Presentations, Diagnostic modalities, Injection techniques, Surgical treatments, Long term results
- Radial head fractures – Classifications, Decision making factors, Conservative treatments, Surgical indications, surgical options, results of surgical techniques
- Acromio-clavicular arthritis
- Wrist Instability, VISI, DISI
- Scaphoid and Lunate – fractures, avascular necrosis and nonunions, wrist fusions
- Flexor tendon injuries – Zones of the hand, Current concepts and techniques of repair and rehabilitation, results following different rehabilitation protocols
- Dupuytrens disease – Etiology, Pathogenesis, Anatomy, Surgical options, Rehabilitation protocols and results
- Hand examination techniques – Conventional tests, Newer tests, Equipment, Scoring systems
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| II. Paediatric Orthopaedics |
- SCFE- Current concepts, Evaluation, Management, Results
- Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH), Osteotomies for DDH
- Ponseti’s technique of clubfoot management – In primary clubfoot, In neglected clubfoor, technique, results vis-à-vis other techniques
- Congenital vertical talus
- Tarsal Coalition
- Principles of managing bone malignancies in children
- Congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia
- Osteomyelitis and septic arthritis in immunocompromised children
- Perthes disease – state of the art
- current concepts in Paediatric Tauma.
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| III. Trauma |
- Clavicular Fractures and managing diaphyseal and lateral end fractures
- Proximal Humeral fractures – Classification, Recent advances, 3/4 part fracture treatment controversies, Results
- Intra-articular distal Humeral fractures – Classification, Fix or replace, approaches, complications and pitfalls, results
- Fractures of the femur – Proximal / diaphysis /distal, Management options for different types, Different types of nails and advantages, LISS plates, MIPPO, Locking plates
- Tibial plateau fractures – Classification, principles of management, surgical criteria, reduction techniques, Minimally invasive techniques, Ilizarov applications, Results
- Pilon Fractures – Classifications, Principles of management, Recent advances in management, Minimally invasive techniques
- Pelvic and acetabular fractures – Classification, Radiology, Current Management, Minimally Invasive techniques, Approaches to fixing pelvic fractures, Complications and precautions
- Calcaneal and midfoot injuries – Lisfrancs dislocations, Calcaneal fractures, Radiology, Management techniques
- Periprosthetic fractures of the lower extremity – Classifications, Principles of treatment, Revise or fix? Bone grafting options, newer fixation techniques, principles for revision
- Complex Regional Pain syndromes – Controversies and current management, Drugs and other therapies, Rehabilitation, Results
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| IV. Hip |
- Hip resurfacing arthroplasty – Indications, Criteria, Techniques, Precautions and pitfalls, complications, salvage
- Avascular necrosis of the hip joint – Etiology, Pathology, Classification systems and criteria for treatment, minimally invasive techniques, osteotomies, joint replacements, results
- Hip arthroscopy – Indications, techniques, complications, advantages
- MIS – Minimally Invasive Hip Surgery – Indications, techniques, Limitations, Complications, on-incision and two-incision approaches
- Peri-prosthetic fractures of the femur – Aetiopathgenesis, classification systems, Management options, principles of treatment, results
- Total Hip Replacement – State of the Art
- Nonunions of Transcervical fractures of the femur
- Hip dislocations
- Managing the infected prosthesis
- Thromboembolism in hip and knee surgery – Current concepts, newer drugs and mechanical devices, recommended dosages, results
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| V. Knee |
- Managing severe arthritis in the younger adult – Principles of treatment, options, failure rates, results, salvage procedures, arthrodesis
- Total Knee Replacement – State of the art
- Minimally invasive knee replacement – Approaches, Indications, Limitations, Techniques, advantages and complications, results, survivorship analysis
- Navigation in knee arthroplasty – What is navigation? Advantages over conventional techniques, how is navigation used, results, future of navigation surgery
- Tissue balancing in knee arthroplasty
- Knee instability
- ACL reconstruction – State of the art
- Meniscal repair techniques
- Infected total knee prosthesis – Diagnosis, conservative treatment, revision, one or two stage, salvage, arthrodesis, results
- Autogenous chondrocyte implantation (ACI) –Indications, technique and applications, limitations and complications
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| VI. Spine |
- Minimally Invasive spinal surgery - Regeneration of the disk, Interspinous spacers, Clinical outcomes of cervical Arthroplasty
- Inter-vertebral Disk replacement – Indications, Instrumentation, Applications in disc excision, spinal canal stenosis and fusions.
- Posterior Lumbar Inter-body fusion (PLIF) / Anterior Lumbar Inter-body Fusion (ALIF)\
- Non-surgical pain management - Pharmacology and medications for neuropathic pain syndromes, Exercise for low back pain, uses of spinal and peripheral neurostimulation and intrathecal pumps
- Spinal stabilization techniques
- Spinal instability – Column concept, interpretation of radiographs and MRI, scoring systems
- Experimental Spinal Cord repair and rehabilitation
- Cervical myelopathy and radiculopathy – Surgical approaches, laminoplasty
- Advances in spinal trauma – approaches, instrumentation, drug therapies Evaluation and treatment of spinal tumours - Malignant primary tumors of the cervical spine, Surgical strategies for spinal metastases
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| VII. Tumours &
Infections |
- Osteogenic sarcoma
- Ewings tumour
- Chondrosarcomas
- Multiple myelomas
- Giant cell tumours and variants
- Principles of limb salvage
- Managing multiple metastasis
- Aneurysmal bone cysts
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Current treatment recommendations for skeletal tuberculosis
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| VIII. Orthopaedic Engineering |
- Materials in orthopaedics – metals, plastics, composites, strengths and failures
- Statistics in orthopaedics - Sample size and power calculations, CRF design, survivorship analysis, Clinical trials, randomisation, bioequivalence studies, medical and biomedical analysis
- Intellectual property rights (IPR) – copyrights, patents, how to market your invention
- Orthoses and prostheses
- Audit and research
- Bone graft substitutes
- Tissue engineering - Stem cell therapy applications, autologous chondrocyte implantation(ACI)
- Allografts and xenografts in orthopaedic surgery
- Lasers in Orthopaedics
- Clinical governance, how to handle complaints, reporting a colleague, breaking bad news, informed consent
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| IX. Advanced Shoulder and Hand Surgery |
- Shoulder Arthroscopy
- Elbow Arthroplasty
- Rotator Cuff Repairs
- Shoulder Rehabilitation
- Hand Injuries
- Rheumatoid Hand
- Paralytic Hand
- Hand and Bursal Infections
- Nailbed and Vascular Injuries
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| X. Foot & Ankle |
- Ankle Arthritis
- Ankle Instability
- Achilles Tendon Rupture
- Ankle Arthroplasty
- Diabetic/Neuropathic Foot
- Rheumatoid Hand
- Foot pressure studies and gait analysis
- Bio-Absorbable Implants
- Forefoot Osteotomies
- Amputations
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