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Handbook of Fractures
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13 March 2025

This book bridges foundational knowledge with the latest insights, offering clinicians, surgeons, and students a practical guide to understanding fracture mechanisms, treatment modalities, and evidence-based management strategies.
It covers both fundamental principles and advanced topics across a spectrum of fracture types.
Each chapter is organised to provide a systematic approach, covering applied anatomy, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment options, while also highlighting key points on the latest treatments.
The comprehensive text is further enhanced by detailed illustrations and radiographs to highlight key anatomy and fracture characteristics.
MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine, Clinical and internal medicine, MEDICAL / Internal Medicine, MEDICAL / Orthopedics, Musculoskeletal medicine
Abdul Ghani MBBS MS-orthopedics (AIIMS Delhi) MRCS(Edinburgh)
Professor and Head of Unit, Department of Orthopaedics, Government Medical College, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Samarth Mittal MBBS MS-orthopedics (AIIMS Delhi) DNB (Orthopaedics) FACS MAMS MIMSA
Additional Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, JPN Apex Trauma Centre, AIIMS, New Delhi, India
SECTION 1: GENERAL
Chapter 1.1 Initial Assessment and Management of Fractures
Chapter 1.2 How to Read Fracture X-ray
Chapter 1.3 An Overview of Fractures Classification
Chapter 1.4 Conservative Management of Fractures: An Overview
Chapter 1.5 Basic Principle of Plaster Applications
Chapter 1.6 Basic Principle Operative Management of Fractures
Chapter 1.7 Fracture Healing Process and Determinants
SECTION 2: SHOULDER GIRDLE
Chapter 2.1 Sternoclavicular Dislocation
Chapter 2.2 Clavicle Fracture
Chapter 2.3 Acromioclavicular Joint Dislocation
Chapter 2.4 Scapula Fracture
SECTION 3: HUMERUS
Chapter 3.1 Shoulder Dislocation
Chapter 3.2 Proximal Humerus Fracture
Chapter 3.3 Greater Tuberosity Fracture
Chapter 3.4 Fracture Shaft of Humerus
Chapter 3.5 Distal Humerus Fracture
Chapter 3.6 Coronal Shear (Capitellum and Trochlea) Fractures
SECTION 4: ELBOW INJURIES
Chapter 4.1 Elbow Dislocation
Chapter 4.2 Radial Head and Neck Fracture
Chapter 4.3 Coronoid Process Fracture and Terrible Triad
Chapter 4.4 Olecranon Fracture
SECTION 5: FOREARM INJURIES
Chapter 5.1 Both Bone Forearm Fracture
Chapter 5.2 Monteggia Fracture
Chapter 5.3 Galeazzi Fracture and DRUJ Injuries
Chapter 5.4 Distal Radius, Radial and Ulnar Styloid Process Fracture
SECTION 6: WRIST AND HAND INJURIES
Chapter 6.1 Scaphoid Fracture
Chapter 6.2 Carpal Bone Fracture and Carpal Instability
Chapter 6.3 Injuries of Thumb
Chapter 6.4 Metacarpals and Phalangeal Fracture
Chapter 6.5 Carpometacarpal, Metacarpophalangeal and Interphalangeal Dislocation
Chapter 6.6 Terminal Phalangeal Injuries
SECTION 7: SPINAL FRACTURES
Chapter 7.1 Cervical Spine Fracture
Chapter 7.2 Thoracic and Lumbar Spine Fracture
Chapter 7.3 Spinal Cord Injury and Spinal Shock
Chapter 7.4 Osteoporotic Thoracolumbar Fracture
Chapter 7.5 Management of Ribs Fracture
SECTION 8: PELVIC FRACTURE
Chapter 8.1 Pelvic Fracture
Chapter 8.2 Sacrum and Coccyx Fracture
Chapter 8.3 Acetabular Fracture
SECTION 9: HIP AND PROXIMAL FEMUR
Chapter 9.1 Hip Dislocation
Chapter 9.2 Femoral Head Fracture
Chapter 9.3 Femoral Neck Fracture
Chapter 9.4 Intertrochanteric Femur Fracture and Fracture Greater Trochanter
SECTION 10: FEMUR
Chapter 10.1 Subtrochanteric Fracture
Chapter 10.2 Fracture Shaft of Femur
Chapter 10.3 Distal Femur Fracture and Hoffa's Fracture
SECTION 11: KNEE
Chapter 11.1 Patella Fracture
Chapter 11.2 Acute Patella Dislocation
Chapter 11.3 Knee Dislocation
Chapter 11.4 Acute Ligamentous and Meniscal Injuries of Knee
Chapter 11.5 Tibial Plateau Fracture
SECTION 12: TIBIA
Chapter 12.1 Fracture of Tibia
Chapter 12.2 Pilon Fracture
Chapter 12.3 Fibula Fracture
SECTION 13: ANKLE
Chapter 13.1 Ankle Sprain
Chapter 13.2 Ankle Fracture
SECTION 14: FOOT
Chapter 14.1 Calcaneum Fracture
Chapter 14.2 Talus Fracture
Chapter 14.3 Lisfranc Injury
Chapter 14.4 Tarsal and Metatarsal Fractures including Fifth Metatarsal
Chapter 14.5 Toes Fractures including Tuft Toe, Turf Toes and Sesamoid Bones Fractures
SECTION 15: OTHER SPECIFIC FRACTURES AND SPECIAL SITUATIONS
Chapter 15.1 Management of Open Fractures
Chapter 15.2 Crush Injuries, Mangled Extremity and Amputation in Trauma
Chapter 15.3 Stress Fractures
Chapter 15.4 Pathological Fractures
Chapter 15.5 Periprosthetic Fractures
Chapter 15.6 Atypical Fractures
Chapter 15.7 Gunshot and Blast Injuries
Chapter 15.8 Managing Fractures in Pregnant Women
SECTION 16: MANAGEMENT OF POLYTRAUMA, DCO AND VARIOUS TRAUMA SCORING SYSTEM
Chapter 16.1 Management of Polytrauma, DCO and Various Trauma Scoring System
SECTION 17: COMMON COMPLICATIONS AND MANAGEMENT
Chapter 17.1 Management of Neurological Injuries
Chapter 17.2 Management of Vascular Injuries
Chapter 17.3 Compartment Syndrome
Chapter 17.4 Morel-Lavallee Lesion
Chapter 17.5 Fat Embolism Syndrome
Chapter 17.6 Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Chapter 17.7 Malunion, Delayed Union and Nonunion
Chapter 17.8 Fracture and Infections
SECTION 18: TENDON INJURIES
Chapter 18.1 Biceps and Triceps Tendon Rupture
Chapter 18.2 Wrist and Hand Tendon Injury
Chapter 18.3 Quadriceps and Patellar Tendon Rupture
Chapter 18.4 Tendo Achilles Rupture
SECTION 19: PEDIATRIC FRACTURES: BASICS
Chapter 19.1 Unique Considerations in Children and Interpreting Pediatric X-rays
Chapter 19.2 Growth Plate Injuries
SECTION 20: COMMON PEDIATRIC FRACTURES OF UPPER LIMB
Chapter 20.1 Pediatric Shoulder Fractures
Chapter 20.2 Pediatric Elbow Fractures
Chapter 20.3 Pediatric Forearm Fracture
Chapter 20.4 Pediatric Wrist and Hand Fractures
SECTION 21: PEDIATRIC SPINE FRACTURES
Chapter 21.1 Pediatric Spinal Fracture
SECTION 22: COMMON PEDIATRIC FRACTURES OF LOWER LIMB
Chapter 22.1 Pediatric Hip Fractures and Dislocations
Chapter 22.2 Pediatric Femoral Shaft Fractures
Chapter 22.3 Pediatric Knee Fractures
Chapter 22.4 Pediatric Tibia and Fibula Fracture
Chapter 22.5 Pediatric Ankle and Foot Fracture
SECTION 23: PROBLEM SOLVING AND DECISION-MAKING IN FRACTURE MANAGEMENT
Chapter 23.1 How Not to Miss Commonly Missed in Fractures
Chapter 23.2 Decision-making and Planning the Treatment of Fractures