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Few Websites dealing with the Skeletal Radiology Resources
1.
Introduction of Skeletal Radiology is a primer on few common conditions affecting
bone.
Authored by EA Brandser, M.D the material is on hand at http://www.vh.org/Providers/Lectures/icmrad/skeletal/Skeletal.html
. The topics covered
include trauma, infection, arthritis, tumors involving
bone and metabolic bone disease.
2. Wheeless Textbook of Orthopaedics
at http://www.medmedia.com/med.htm
is a reference source, compiled by C.R.Wheeless M.D. The site covers a wide range
of orthopaedics topics of interest to medical, nursing and physiotherapy professionals.
The material is available by an alphabetically catalogued index of conditions
from A to Z or alternatively available as conditions catalogued as Fractures,
Joints, Muscles, Nerves or Trauma. A well-compiled compendium of Fractures is
available at http://www.medmedia.com/orthoo/41.htm,
which is endowed with numerous hyperlinks to references
3. Textbook
of Orthopedics and Traumatology is a comprehensive online textbook available
at http://www.bonetumour.org/book/APTEXT/index.html.
The material authored by Dr M Natarajan and Dr Mayilvahanan,features nearly 30
chapters that cover the gamut of Orthopedics and Traumatology practice, particularly
in a setting of the Indian subcontinent. Each chapter has subsections and the
material is crisp. While chapters 1 to 13 deal with Orthopaedics, the chapters
from 14 to 28 focuses on Traumatology.
4.
Electronic Orthopedic Textbook is edited by Eugene Sherry, MD MPH FRACS and
available at http://www.worldortho.com/database/etext/etext.html
. The textbook is in "an electronic format allows easy and immediate update of
text". The educative material covers a range of topics such as Paediatric Orthopaedics,
Patello-femoral instability, Multiple neurofibromatosis, Molecular Genetics and
Immunology of Orthopaedics, Adult Reconstruction - Hip and Knee, Disorders of
the Foot and Ankle in Adults and Bone Lymphomas
5. Musculoskeletal
Radiology at http://www.gentili.net/
comprises of a remarkable set of webpages featuring the Musculoskeletal system.
Authored by A Gentili, M.D from the Department of Radiological Sciences at Veterans
Administration Medical Center, Los Angeles. CA, the educative material is wide-ranging
and informative. The topic list includes Arthritides of the foot: an interactive
atlas, a Fracture atlas, Musculoskeletal Radiology Differential Diagnosis and
Sources of Musculoskeletal Radiology
Teaching Cases. An Interactive Atlas
of Signs in Musculoskeletal Radiology is on hand at http://www.gentili.net/signs/
This atlas can be searched by sign name, pathological diagnosis or
locations
and features many signs used in Musculoskeletal Radiology.
6.
Approaches To Differential Diagnosis In Musculoskeletal Imaging is authored
by http://www.rad.washington.edu/mskbook/
- M. L. Richardson from the Department of Radiology,University of Washington.
The contents include general principles, arthritis: appendicular and axial, calcifications,
facial fractures, the painful joint prosthesis, orthopedic hardware, scoliosis,
osteopenia, osteonecrosis and skeletal dysplasias
7. Locomotor Modules
from Surgical Tutor Org has a illustrative summary of a large list
of common skeletal conditions. The Locomotor Modules is a part of the System modules
within Revision Notes at http://www.surgical-tutor.org.uk/
The topics covered is exhaustive
and includes acute osteomyelitis, bone metastases,
metabolic bone disease, common &
eponymous fractures etc
8.
Bone tumour Org at http://www.bonetumor.org
"is an educational website for physicians,
patients, and friends who are
interested in learning about all types of tumors and cancers that affect the skeletal
system". The site created by Henry DeGroot III and a dedicated team from University
of Massachusetts, is endowed with many important sections such as an
Online atlas of bone tumors and bone cancers at http://www.bonetumor.org/page7.html,
Tumor mimics and a section on Metastatic bone tumors and cancers. An interesting
segment
on the work-up of a bone tumor titled as "The good, the bad, and
the ugly" is accessible at
http://www.bonetumor.com/page8.html. Also an Alphabetized index of bone
tumors
commencing with Adamantinoma of long bones and ending with Unicameral
bone cyst is on hand
at http://www.bonetumor.org/page174.html
9. Dwarfism And Dysplasia Syndromes at
http://www.stevensorenson.com/residents6/ makes use of a an electronic teaching
file to categorize the dwarfism and dysplasia syndromes. Authored by a team headed
by Steven M. Sorenson, MD et al from the UCLA School of Medicine and VA Greater
Los Angeles Healthcare System, the site focuses on common conditions causing Dwarfism
and also deals with Dysplasia Syndromes
10. Son Of Rad Reference Tool
is an educative website that provides "a readily accessible
reference
file of radiographics findings in common disorders of the musculoskeletal system."
The site is authored by Carol Teitz, MD and Mike Richardson, MD and designed by
Mark A. Scott, M.Ed and is available at http://eduserv.hscer.washington.edu/hubio553/totrad/RadReference/index.html.
The instructional material on Musculoskeletal disorders is derived from an
index containing
arthritis, infection, trauma, tumor and miscellaneous group
of disorders.
Endpiece:
Commonly Missed Orthopedic Problems
at
http://www.aafp.org/afp/980115ap/ballas.html
is an illustrated article
written by MT Ballas, M.D et al from Ohio that highlights few
musculoskeletal
injuries that have the potential to result in long-term disabling conditions.
Muller's Atlas of Fractures of long bones at
http://mullerfoundation.org/atlas/main/index.htm
from the Maurice E. Müller
Foundation-Espaņa deals with the classification of fractures at a
variety
of regions.
For those interested in teaching material in the form of Clinical cases
& articles as well as
PowerPoint Presentations, there is one such
site from IndiaOrth.org that is useful http://www.indiaorth.org/orth/cases/index.htm
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