A much revised and redesigned edition of Adams’s classic textbook on orthopaedics. The trusted Outline textbooks, now celebrating their 50th year in print, are well known for being clear, comprehensive and concise and will appeal to undergraduate, postgraduate and trainee surgeon alike.

Key Features

•New edition of an internationally respected and successful textbook of orthopaedics.

•Gives succinct practical guidance on examination of the limbs and spine - especially useful for exam candidates.

•Provides up-to-date surgical therapies as well as conservative treatment options for orthopaedic conditions.

•Highly praised by reviewers for its clear and lucid text, and for its logical classification of orthopaedic conditions.

New to this Edition

•A new author team includes a specialist contributor on imaging techniques.
•A large number of new illustrations have been added to this edition including new radiographs, MRI and CT scans.
•There are expanded sections on clinical methods and diagnostic techniques - in particular, new imaging modalities.
•Includes recent advances in minimal access surgery.
•There is expanded coverage of hip surgery, spinal surgery and reconstruction.
•Includes a discussion of the role of genetics in the diagnosis of bone disorders.
•A new two-colour page design matches that used in the sister title Outline of Fractures


By David L. Hamblen, PhD, DSc, FRCS(Edinburgh, England, Glasgow), Emeritus Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Glasgow, Visiting Professor, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK and Hamish Simpson, DM(Oxon), FRCS(Ed & England), Professor of Orthopaedics and Trauma, University of Edinburgh, UK