This leading introductory textbook of orthopaedics provides medical students, trainee surgeons and other health professionals with an invaluable overview of this important specialty. The third edition provides additional detail on anatomy, an improved focus on actual diseases and clinical signs and the introduction of useful "stop check" points. The book is divided into sections on general orthopaedics, regional orthopaedics, and fractures and joint injuries. More than 800 illustrations are arranged as composites to provide a clear, pictorial account of the subject, and can be used in association with the text and to help prepare for exams.