Orthopaedics

The Glenohumeral joint dislocation page has been updated with additional information about dislocated shoulder prostheses.

The Glenohumeral joint dislocation page has been updated with additional information about the role of US.

The Glenohumeral joint dislocation page has been revised and re-organised.

The Dislocations of the hip page has had a number of other updates and revisions.

The Dislocations of the hip page has additional information about posterior dislocation reduction techniques added.

The Femoral fractures page has been updated with additional information about the benefits of regional anaesthesia for fractured neck of femur.

The Glenohumeral joint dislocations page has been updated with information about reverse total shoulder replacement dislocation.

The Shoulder and arm injuries page has been updated with additional information about surgical management of humeral head fractures.

The Hip dislocation page has been updated with some additional information about constrained liner prosthesis management.

A short segment on anaesthetic options for distal forearm fracture reduction has been added to the Distal forearm injuries page.

A new page called Carpal bone fractures has been created from the contents of the Distal forearm injuries page to make the titles more accurate and both pages a more reasonable size.

The Distal forearm injuries page has been updated with additional information about treatment of scaphoid fractures.

The Distal forearm injuries page has been updated with additional information about the sensitivity of plain radiography for scaphoid fractures in ED patients. The sensitivity of plain films for all types of scaphoid fracture in ED patients is higher than many people believe because most of the reported series come from patients referred to orthopeadic … Read more

The Osteoarthritis page has been updated with additional information about the radiological features of OA in the hip.

Key points have been added to the Knee and leg fractures page.