Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface to second edition
- Abbreviations
- Section 1 The FRCS (Tr & Orth) examination
- Section 2 The written paper
- Section 3 The clinicals
- Section 4 The adult elective orthopaedics oral
- Section 5 The hand oral
- Chapter 19 Hand oral core topics
- Section 6 The paediatric oral
- Section 7 The trauma oral
- Section 8 The basic science oral
- Section 9 Miscellaneous topics
- Index
- References
Chapter 19 - Hand oral core topics
from Section 5 - The hand oral
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface to second edition
- Abbreviations
- Section 1 The FRCS (Tr & Orth) examination
- Section 2 The written paper
- Section 3 The clinicals
- Section 4 The adult elective orthopaedics oral
- Section 5 The hand oral
- Chapter 19 Hand oral core topics
- Section 6 The paediatric oral
- Section 7 The trauma oral
- Section 8 The basic science oral
- Section 9 Miscellaneous topics
- Index
- References
Summary
Hand surgery syllabus for the FRCS (Tr & Orth) examination
‘The hand’ covers the hand and forearm and the structures anatomically contained within. Knowledge of the structural anatomy and the biomechanics of joint and tendon function is required.
Pathology
A working knowledge of the acute conditions and trauma of the hand is required, i.e. injury to the bones, joints, tendons, nerves, skin and vessels of the hand and infective processes.
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- Postgraduate OrthopaedicsThe Candidate's Guide to the FRCS (Tr and Orth) Examination, pp. 299 - 356Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012