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Surgery (Rehabilitation): Course Outline Surgery-I

The treatment of injuries or disorders of the body by incision or manipulation, especially with instruments.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course intends to familiarize the students with principles of othopaedic surgery along with detail description of surgical terminologies and abbreviations for efficient and effective chart reviewing and documentation. It also explores various orthopaedic conditions needing surgical attention, focusing on epidemiology, pathology, as well as primary and secondary clinical characteristics and their surgical management.

SOFT TISSUE INJURIES

Introduction

  • Anatomy & physiology general description and management of
    injuries of:
  • Ligaments
  • Tendons
  • Muscles
  • Fascia
  • Bursae
  • Detailed description of physiotherapy management of individual tissue injuries around:
  • Shoulder region
  • Elbow region
  • Wrist and hand region
  • Knee region
  • Ankle region
  • Muscles and tendons injuries of upper and lower limb
  • Cervico-lumber injuries
  • Whiplash of the cervical spine
  • Crush injuries
  • Spinal pain
  • Degenerative and Inflammatory Conditions:
  • Osteo-orthosis/Arthritis
  • Spondylosis
  • Spondylolysis
  • Pyogenic arthritis
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Juvenile arthritis
  • Tuberculosis arthritis
  • Gouty arthritis
  • Haemophilic arthritis
  • Neuropathic arthritis
  • Ankylosing spondylitis
  • Psoriatic arthritis.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  • Describe in detail surgical terminologies, abbreviations, etiology, primary and secondary clinical characteristics, classifications, indications and complications for surgeries listed orthopedic conditions
  • Explain briefly an overview of surgical management of the listed conditions

GENERAL ORTHOPEDIC DISORDERS

  • Carpel tunnel syndrome
  • Compartment syndromes
  • Muscular dystrophies
  • Neuropathies
  • Avascular necrosis of bone in adult and children
    Ischemic contracture
  • Gangrene
  • Rickets
  • Osteoporosis and osteomalacia
  • Shoulder pain
  • Neck pain
  • Knee pain
  • Backache
  • Painful conditions around elbow
  • Detailed description of :
  • Orthotics
  • Prosthetics
  • Splintage
  • Traction
  • POP

TUMOURS

  • Classification
  • Principles of general management
  • General description of benign and malignant tumors of
  • musculoskeletal system

COURSE CONTENTS

ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY FRACTURES

  • Definition
  • Classification
  • Causes
    Clinical features
  • Healing of fractures
  • Complications
  • Principles of general management
  • Fracture of the Upper Extremity
  • Fracture of the Lower Extremity
  • Fracture of the vertebral column, thorax and pelvis
  • Basic and advanced trauma life support.

DEFORMITIES AND ANOMALIES

  • Definition
  • Causes
  • Classification
  • Congenital and acquired deformities
  • Physical and clinical and radiological features
  • Complications
  • Principles of medical and surgical management of the deformities
  • General description of following deformities.

DEFORMITIES OF THE SPINE

  • Torticolis
  • Scoliosis
  • Kyphosis
  • Lordosis
  • Flat back.