McRae's Orthopaedic Trauma and Emergency Fracture Management 4e International Edition

McRae’s Orthopaedic Trauma and Emergency Fracture Management is a best-selling guide for orthopaedic surgeons, trainees, residents and practitioners managing injured patients in Emergency or Orthopaedic departments. It is written to support day-to-day fracture management across common clinical settings, from initial assessment through to treatment planning.

This fourth edition has been extensively updated and rewritten, while retaining the core principles of McRae’s original work. It includes new text and illustrations, and is positioned as a companion to McRae’s Elective Orthopaedics, with the two titles together described as providing complete coverage of orthopaedic surgery relevant to contemporary practice.

Key details

• Fourth edition, international edition
• Covers orthopaedic trauma presentations in the Emergency Department, operating theatre and outpatient clinic
• Includes more than 500 illustrations and 250 X-rays
• Step-by-step guidance on anatomy, examination and investigations
• Explains practical procedures such as fracture and joint reduction and immobilisation
• Includes new content on theatre preparation and set-up, introducing TULIPS, plus a new chapter on running an efficient practice

Synopsis

This edition provides structured coverage of orthopaedic trauma, with step-by-step text and illustrations designed to guide anatomy, examination and investigations. It also outlines practical procedures, principles of trauma surgery and individual surgical techniques, alongside postoperative care, complications and follow-up to support fracture clinic work.