Orthopaedics for NEET PG

What Orthopaedics covers

• Fractures and dislocations
• Peripheral nerve injuries
• Bone and joint infections
• Bone tumours
• Paediatric orthopaedics
• Spine
• Metabolic bone disease

A study map from the standard curriculum. Check the official bulletin for the authoritative topic list.

How to study it

1. 1

   Pair each fracture with its classic complication and nerve injured.

2. 2

   Learn radiological signs of tumours by sight.

3. 3

   Revise paediatric conditions by age at presentation.

Where students slip

• Mixing eponymous fractures.
• Forgetting the early sign of compartment syndrome.

Where the Orthopaedics practice questions concentrate

Our 922 worked Orthopaedics questions fall into these areas, largest first. This shows what our practice set emphasises. It is not a prediction of the exam's weightage.

• Spine 94
• Bone tumours 68
• Fractures 65
• Fractures and dislocations 56
• Paediatric orthopaedics 49
• Paediatric 42
• Bone infection 36
• Metabolic bone disease 35
• Nerve injuries 25
• Peripheral nerve injuries 24
• Hip 21
• Bone and joint infections 19

Browse all Orthopaedics worked questions

Four quick-revision cards

• Classic complication of scaphoid waist fracture?

  Avascular necrosis of the proximal pole and non-union, because of retrograde blood supply.

• Earliest sign of compartment syndrome and Volkmann's contracture?

  Pain on passive stretch of the affected muscles, out of proportion to the injury.

• Colles' vs Smith's fracture?

  Colles: distal radius, dorsal displacement, 'dinner fork'. Smith: volar displacement, 'garden spade'.

• Radiological signs of osteosarcoma vs Ewing sarcoma?

  Osteosarcoma: sunburst, Codman's triangle. Ewing: onion-peel.

All Orthopaedics flashcards · 19 Orthopaedics mnemonics

Try a Orthopaedics question

A sample item with the reasoning behind every option. Nothing here is recorded.

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