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CBS Publishers & Distributors A Guide To Musculoskeletal Injuries by B Seetharama Rao
A Guide to Musculoskeletal Injuries aims to serve as a handy Guide | Handbook for all clinicians dealing with injury or trauma in any emergency setup. With the steep rise in road traffic accidents, a large number of victims sustain musculoskeletal injuries globally. There is a need to assess and treat these patients to achieve satisfactory results. Knowledge of basic clinical anatomy, mechanism of injury, classification systems, management protocol, common complications and prognosis is essential for the treating clinician. This handbook has been written keeping these points in the forefront. The Handbook may be used as a quick reference for undergraduate students in medicine, residents undergoing training in accident and emergency unit, postgraduate students in orthopaedics and traumatology, and junior orthopaedic consultants.With fast-track life style, the younger generation of students would like to go through audiovisual aids along with reading for better understanding of the basics. The reference list in each chapter thus includes short videos, which the reader can quickly go through simultaneously while reading the text.About the Author B Seetharama Rao MBBS, MS(Ortho), MCh (Ortho) is Professor and senior consultant, Department of Orthopaedics, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, an institution of eminence, affiliated to MAHE University. He is the former Head, Department of Orthopaedics, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, and Melaka Manipal Medical College, Melaka, Malaysia. He had worked in United Kingdom for 5 years and has acquired MCh degree from Liverpool University. He is an academician, administrator and teacher for nearly four decades. He has trained many students in the field of medicine and in orthopaedics. This book, written for the benefit of the postgraduate students and the residents, is based on the vast clinical experience that he acquired in Great Britain, Malaysia and India.