Orthopedics and Traumatology — Introduction and General Principles

Orthopedics and Traumatology · Clinical Specialties

How it begins

Biología del tejido óseo, clasificación y consolidación de fracturas, evaluación clínica, principios de osteosíntesis y patología del aparato locomotor.

What it covers

1. History, definition and scope
2. Bone tissue: structure and biology
3. · Macroscopic organization
4. · Bone cells: osteoblast, osteocyte and osteoclast
5. · Bone matrix: composition and mineralization
6. Bone remodeling and Wolff's law
7. · Remodeling cycle: phases of the BMU
8. · Wolff's Law and mechanical adaptation of the bone
9. · Hormonal regulation of bone metabolism
10. Fractures: definition, mechanism and classification
11. · Production mechanisms
12. · Morphological classification of fractures
13. · AO/OTA classification of fractures
14. · Open fractures: Gustilo-Anderson classification
15. · Physeal fractures: Salter-Harris classification
16. · Pathological fractures
17. Bone consolidation: pathophysiology and modulating factors
18. · Secondary consolidation (bone callus) — The most frequent in nature
19. · Primary consolidation (direct)
20. · Factors that influence consolidation
21. Complications of fractures
22. · Immediate complications (hours)
23. · Early complications (days–weeks)
24. · Late complications (months–years)
25. Articular cartilage: biology, injury and degeneration
26. · Zonal organization of articular cartilage
27. · Osteoarthritis: molecular pathophysiology
28. Tendons and ligaments: structure, injury and repair
29. · Structure and mechanical properties of the tendon
30. · Tendon injuries: rupture and tendinopathy
31. · Ligaments: structure and healing
32. Skeletal muscle in traumatology
33. · Classification of muscle injuries
34. Orthopedic and trauma clinical evaluation
35. · Specific orthopedic history
36. · Systematized orthopedic physical examination
37. Diagnostic imaging in orthopedics and traumatology
38. Principles of orthopedic and trauma treatment
39. · Reduction methods
40. · Conservative immobilization methods
41. Osteosynthesis: AO principles and types of implants
42. · Types of implants in osteosynthesis
43. · Arthroplasties: principles and types
44. Osteoarthritis and arthritis: differential diagnosis
45. Bone tumors: principles of classification and diagnosis
46. · Mnemonic rule for imaging diagnosis of bone tumors
47. Highly relevant clinical correlations
48. · Hip fracture in the elderly — The fracture with the highest mortality
49. · Osteoporosis: diagnosis, vertebral fracture and treatment
50. · Damage Orthopedic Control (DCO): the severe multiple trauma