Fundamentals of Orthopaedics

Rating:
Summary: Fantastic Entry Level Ortho Book
Review: This book should be mandatory for the senior medical student interested in orthopaedic surgery. Every resident should read this before starting their intern year!

So many things helped me out during my senior externships, great chapters on basic science, biomechanics, materials, fracture care, and most importantly the relevent clinical anatomy is unsurpassed, including physical exam tips. Each chapter is a quick 10 or so pages, but contains all the essentials: worried about [pimping] by attendings, this book will ease your fears.

I cannot say enough about this book: almost every orthopaedic surgeon that has seen me reading it has said " WOW, wish we had something like that when I was getting started training!"

If I could give it 6 stars, I would...

The only downside is that a lot of the material is in a psuedo-outline form....there were times I was wishing there was more material to read about a particular topic.....but I guess thats why they call it " Fundamentals of Orthopaedics".

Rating:
Summary: Bone-Jarring Brilliance!
Review: This is book is a MUST for any physician. It provides an easy to use resource for all things orthopaedic. Would make an excellent text for many medical schools. Also particularly helpful to show to patients in explaining their problem.