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Part I: Introduction -- A History of Orthopedics in Austere Settings -- Global Burden of Musculoskeletal Conditions -- Emerging Orthopedic Conditions -- Cost-Effectiveness of Orthopedic Surgery in Austere Environments -- Barriers to the Delivery of Orthopedic Care -- Teaching and Educational Resources -- Equipment and Supplies -- Ethics -- Culture Shock and Traditional Healing -- Part II: General Clinical Topics -- Coexisting Medical Conditions -- Tropical Diseases and Orthopedics -- Rickets and Nutritional Considerations -- Non-Surgical Principles of Fracture and Injury Management -- Basic Plastic Surgery for Orthopedic Surgeons -- HIV and Orthopedic Surgery -- Anesthesia for Orthopedic Surgery in Austere Environments -- Part III: Adult Trauma -- Introduction to Trauma in Austere Environments -- Injuries of the Shoulder and Humeral Shaft -- Elbow and Forearm -- Hand and Wrist Trauma in Low-Resource Settings -- Fractures of the Pelvis and Acetabulum -- Injuries to the Hip and Femoral Shaft -- Knee and Tibia -- Ankle and Foot -- Spinal Cord and Spine Trauma -- Part IV: Pediatric Trauma -- General Principles of Pediatric Trauma -- Management of Upper Extremity Fractures -- Management of Lower Extremity Fractures -- Part V: Musculoskeletal Infections -- Introduction to Musculoskeletal Infections -- Neglected Septic Arthritis in Children -- Chronic Osteomyelitis in Children -- Osteomyelitis and Septic Arthritis in Adults -- Tuberculosis -- Part VI: Non-Infectious Pediatric Conditions.- Clubfoot: Etiology, Pathoanatomy, Basic Ponseti Technique and Ponseti in Older Patients -- Algorithm for Neglected Clubfoot -- Limb Deficiencies -- Evaluation and Treatment of Angular Deformities -- Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip -- Injection Injuries and Polio -- Cerebral Palsy and Other Neuromuscular Conditions -- Part VII: Additional Considerations -- Adult Reconstruction -- Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors -- Amputations -- Orthopedics in Conflicts and Natural Disasters -- Appendices -- Appendix 1. Abbreviations -- Appendix 2. Head Trauma and Basic Management of Brain Injury and Elevated Intracranial Pressure -- Appendix 3. Tips, Tricks, and Pearls -- Appendix 4. What Do I Take?.

Global Orthopedics: Caring for Musculoskeletal Conditions and Injuries in Austere Settings was conceived and written to be a unique reference for surgeons working in resource-limited environments. The first sections provide historical background, global public health perspectives of orthopedics, the role of culture, and a broad discussion of non-surgical and non-orthopedic clinical topics that are rarely encountered in high-resource settings but that affect orthopedic care. Adult and pediatric trauma are presented in an anatomical format for easy reference, with a focus on the natural history and the best treatment methods within existing limitations. The chapters on musculoskeletal infections provide a wealth of knowledge about these common debilitating conditions that is unavailable in any other single modern text. The non-infectious pediatric conditions section has been written for the non-specialist to handle selected developmental and early childhood orthopedic problems commonly seen in low-resource settings. Detailed chapters on reconstruction surgery, tumor management, amputations, and the orthopedic needs in the face of conflicts and natural disasters round out the text.