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EX-000809 · DNB Ortho · Bone Grafts and Substitutes
a) Autografts: Possible sites of harvest, advantages and limitations. [3+3] b) Bone Graft Substitutes. [4]
EX-000810 · DNB Ortho · Unclassified
a) Discuss the stages of fracture healing. [6] b) Describe in brief various methods to stimulate fracture healing. [4]
EX-000811 · DNB Ortho · Gait Cycle and Analysis
a) Describe Trendelenburg gait. [5] b) Describe the various types of gait in hip pathologies. [5]
EX-000044 · DNB Ortho · Polytrauma — Damage Control Orthopaedics
Crush Syndrome: Pathophysiology, management and complications.
EX-000043 · DNB Ortho · Nuclear Medicine — Bone Scan & PET Basics
Bone Scan: Types, indications and limitations in musculoskeletal conditions.
EX-000042 · DNB Ortho · Bone Tumor Biopsy Principles
Biopsy in musculoskeletal tumours: Principles, types, advantages and limitations.
EX-000041 · DNB Ortho · Shock and Resuscitation in Orthopaedics
Hemorrhagic shock: discuss the pathophysiology & management in a 23-year-old polytrauma patient.
EX-000040 · DNB Ortho · Metastatic Bone Disease
Spinal metastasis: list causes, discuss clinical presentation and investigations & management.
EX-000016 · DNB Ortho · How to Read a Hip X-Ray — Systematic Approach
Describe hip biomechanics along with a diagram. Explain how a stick in the opposite hand decreases the load on the hip along with a diagram.
EX-000015 · DNB Ortho · Peripheral Nerve Injury — Sunderland Classification
Explain the pathophysiology of EMG and NCV (latency, conduction velocity and evoked response) and its interpretation in traumatic peripheral nerve injury.
EX-000014 · DNB Ortho · DVT Prophylaxis in Orthopaedics
Describe the pathogenesis of DVT-PE (Deep Vein Thrombosis–Pulmonary embolism) after major orthopedic surgery/ orthopedic injury and its clinical features.
EX-000013 · DNB Ortho · Polytrauma — Damage Control Orthopaedics
Explain the etiopathogenesis of crush syndrome. Describe its clinical features and management.
EX-000012 · DNB Ortho · Sepsis and Surgical Site Infection — Bundle
Describe the affected tissues, pathogenesis, organism, clinical features and management of Erysipelas, Cellulitis, Pyomyositis, Necrotizing fasciitis and Gas Gangrene.
EX-000011 · DNB Ortho · Rheumatoid Arthritis — Hand
Explain the etiopathogenesis of Down syndrome. Enumerate musculoskeletal manifestations of Down Syndrome. Enumerate the HLA-B27 associated rheumatologic diseases (minimum four).
EX-000010 · DNB Ortho · Osteoporosis — Pathophysiology and Management
Explain FRAX and FRAX Plus score. Enumerate current evidence-based treatment guidelines for osteoporosis and sarcopenia.
EX-000009 · DNB Ortho · Osteomalacia and Rickets
Discuss pathology, clinical features, laboratory findings and radiographic findings of Vitamin D dependent rickets, Vitamin D resistant rickets and Hypophosphatasia.
EX-000008 · DNB Ortho · Allografts & Bone Banking
Discuss allograft bone and their types, their processing, characteristics and antigenicity. Describe Urist stages of allograft healing.
EX-000007 · DNB Ortho · Epiphyseal Growth Plate — Zones & Regulation