Orthopaedics Question Bank - Topic-Wise Classification

🦴 1. FRACTURE

• Define fracture, dislocation and Sprain
• Define and classify fracture
• What is Simple fracture and Compound fracture? / What is closed fracture and compound fracture?
• Enumerate the healing process of a fractured long bone
• Enumerate stages of fracture healing process
• What are the complications of a long bone fracture? (appears multiple times)
• Enumerate some methods of immobilization in a fractured limb (appears multiple times)
• Write down the principles of closed fracture management
• How will you obtain an X-Ray for a patient with a fractured limb?
• What are the investigations you may suggest to an Orthopaedic patient?
• What is pathological fracture? Mention some of its causes / What do you mean by pathological fracture and stress fracture?
• Enumerate some causes of pathological fracture
• Classify Open fracture / Classify open fracture (Gustilo-Anderson)

• Outline the management of Clavicle fracture (appears multiple times)
• What are the structures those may be injured due to clavicle fracture?
• What is Monteggia fracture dislocation and Galeazzi fracture dislocation?
• How will you manage a case of Gustilo-Anderson Type-III fracture of right tibia in a 25-year-old bike rider?
• Classify fracture neck of femur
• How will you differentiate fracture NOF from dislocation of hip joint
• Compartment syndrome (short note)

• A 30-year-old motorbike rider with severe painful swelling of mid thigh, multiple open wounds: diagnosis, treatment, name 2 orthopaedic emergency conditions
• A 55-year-old woman, fall on outstretched hand, swelling and severe pain around left wrist with dinner fork deformity: define injury, evaluate, why old women are more prone (appears twice)
• A middle-year female, fall on outstretched hand, swelling of right forearm just above wrist: enumerate injuries, radiological findings, early and late complications
• A 55-year-old lady, fall on outstretched hand, dinner fork deformity of wrist: most likely diagnosis, reverse type, investigate, treat (appears twice)
• A 10-year-old boy fell on outstretched hand, pain and swelling of right elbow joint: probable diagnosis, manage, probable complications (appears multiple times - across 3 papers)
• An old man fallen from height, trauma to hip region: differentiate fracture NOF from dislocation, classify fracture neck of femur, treat
• A 65-year-old lady, pain and swelling around hip, inability to walk after fall in slippery bathroom: 2 differential diagnoses, diagnose, treat (appears multiple times)

🦷 2. BONE TUMOR

• Define neoplasm
• Differentiate between benign and malignant neoplasm
• Mention some common sites for primary and secondary bone tumour
• Classify bone tumours (appears multiple times)
• Differentiate between Osteosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma
• What are the radiological findings of GCT? (appears multiple times)
• What are the radiological findings of Ewing's sarcoma?
• GCT (short note)
• Osteoid osteoma (short note)

• A 20-year-old man, painful tender hard swelling in left knee, X-ray shows sun ray appearance in lower end of femur: most probable diagnosis, approach to diagnose, treatment plan (Osteosarcoma scenario - appears multiple times)
• How will you treat a case of osteosarcoma involving distal femur in a 20-year-old man?

🦠 3. OSTEOMYELITIS

• Define osteomyelitis (appears multiple times)
• Classify osteomyelitis (appears multiple times)
• Write down the pathogenesis of chronic pyogenic osteomyelitis
• Why acute haematogenous osteomyelitis is common in metaphysis of long bone?
• What are the common organisms responsible for osteomyelitis?
• Define acute osteomyelitis? What is sequestrum and involucrum?

• A boy of 6-7 years, high rise of body temperature, pain in upper part of right leg, tender part redden, hot and oedematous, restricted knee movement for 36 hours: diagnosis / differential diagnosis, clinical assessment / evaluation, plan of treatment (appears across multiple papers)
• A 20-25-year-old man, chronic discharging sinus, H/O fracture of right tibia/femur following RTA / open fracture: diagnosis, management plan, complications (appears multiple times - both as osteomyelitis and fracture question)

📋 4. INTRODUCTION / ORTHOPAEDICS BASICS

• Outline the principles of musculoskeletal history taking
• What is Orthopaedics? What are the branches of Orthopaedics?
• Outline the principles of musculoskeletal clinical examinations
• What are the investigations you may suggest to an Orthopaedic patient?
• How will you obtain an Orthopaedic X-Ray?
• CTEV (short note)

🔀 5. OTHERS

• Narrate various methods of immobilization in case of a fracture
• Classify dislocation of Shoulder
• How will you manage shoulder dislocation in a 26-year-old man / army recruit? (appears multiple times)
• What is dislocation and subluxation?
• Which joint is commonly dislocated and why?

• 30 patients brought to casualty unit following a bus accident: categorize patients for management (triage), Glasgow coma scale components, cABCDE in trauma care (appears multiple times)
• Define polytrauma
• How will you approach to manage a polytrauma case?
• Write the components of Glasgow coma scale

• What is amputation? Enumerate some of its types
• What are the indications and complications of amputation of a limb? (appears multiple times)
• What is Phantom limb?

📊 FREQUENCY SUMMARY (High-Yield Topics)

1. Classify fracture + complications of long bone fracture
2. Osteomyelitis definition, classification, pathogenesis
3. Classify bone tumours + Osteosarcoma vs Ewing sarcoma
4. Distal radius fracture (Colles') / dinner fork deformity scenario
5. Elbow injury in a child (supracondylar fracture scenario)
6. Osteomyelitis in a child (haematogenous) scenario
7. Chronic discharging sinus post-fracture (chronic osteomyelitis) scenario
8. Fracture NOF in elderly / hip injury
9. Glasgow coma scale + Triage (mass casualty)
10. Shoulder dislocation management