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Best Practice Guidelines on Emergency Surgical Care in Disaster Situations (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This lengthy pdf file contains guidelines condensed from the
WHO manual 'Surgical Care at the District Hospital'. The
topics include antibiotic treatment, sterilization, waste
management, laceration and wound management, amputations,
upper and lower extremity injuries, and printable "best
practice protocols" for numerous emergency/disaster
situations.
http://www.who.int/surgery/en/ESC_in_disasters.pdf
E-Hand.com: The Electronic Textbook of Hand Surgery
This electronic textbook is divided into the following
chapters: introduction, anatomy, arthritis, congenital
disorders, complications, infections, neuritis,
reconstruction, trauma, tumour, vascular and hand surgery.
E-Hand also has a section of links to other sites on the
Internet.
http://www.eatonhand.com/index.htm
Integrated Management for Emergency and Essential Surgical Care: e-learning tool kit (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This tool kit contains a series of pdf files that provide
guidance on emergency and essential emergency care in trauma,
obstetrics and anaesthesia at first-level health facilities.
Topics covered include best practices for clinical procedures
safety, guidelines on emergency surgical care in disasters,
essential emergency equipment list including anaesthesia,
surgical care at the district hospital, training for
emergency surgical skills, and needs assessment at
resource-limited health care facilities.
http://www.who.int/surgery/publications/imeesc/en/index.html
Musculoskeletal Radiology Internet Directory
The site is a subject based directory of links to remote
x-ray images and MEDLINE references. Sources include the
School of Medicine at Rennes, Indiana University, Nagasaki
University,
http://www.bonetumor.org/, Alfred I. Dupont Institute, etc. Many images are annotated with definitions and descriptive text. This site is maintained by the University of California at Los Angeles, U.S.
http://www.gentili.net/diaglist.asp
OrthoLink.com
OrthoLink.com provides links to abstracts and full-text
articles from reputable sources and peer-reviewed journals.
Registration is required (free).
http://www.mdlinx.com/orthopedics/
Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery Articles of the British Medical Journal
This site contains a collection of full-text, free access
orthopaedic and trauma surgery articles from the archives of
the BMJ. Articles date back to January 2000.
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/collection/orthopaedic_and_trauma_surgery
Orthopaedic Web Links
This is a comprehensive collection of links to orthopaedic
organizations and Internet resources.
http://www.orthopaedicweblinks.com/
PubMed - Free Fulltext Articles on Orthopaedics (3600+)
This PubMed search will identify all orthopaedics related free fulltext ejournal articles within the database. Within the search results, there are links to the fulltext material. By repeating this search periodically, you will find new fulltext articles that are added to the PubMed database weekly. Essential Health Links contains similar searches for most subpages listed in the Specific Health Resources table of contents.
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PubMed - Free Fulltext Articles on Surgery (285000+)
This PubMed search will identify all surgery related free fulltext ejournal articles within the database. Within the search results, there are links to the fulltext material. By repeating this search periodically, you will find new fulltext articles that are added to the PubMed database weekly. Essential Health Links contains similar searches for most subpages listed in the Specific Health Resources table of contents.
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Surgery Articles of the British Medical Journal
This site contains a collection of full-text, free access
surgery articles from the archives of the BMJ. The articles
date back to January 2000.
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/collection/general_surgery
Surgical Care at the District Hospital (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This is the pdf version of the WHO textbook for surgical care
at the district level. The work is divided into the following
broad categories: organizing the district surgical site,
fundamentals of surgical practice, the abdomen, emergency
obstetric care, resuscitation and anaesthesia, traumatology
and orthopaedics, and primary care trauma manual for district
and remote locations.
http://www.who.int/surgery/publications/en/SCDH.pdf
Surgical Tutor
This site contains educational material aimed at those
preparing for surgical examinations within the UK. It
includes clinical tutorials, a journal club, multiple choice
questions, slide library and discussion group.
http://www.surgical-tutor.org.uk/default-home.htm
Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics is an outline of text
notes, with integrated hyperlinks, that cover orthopedic
diseases and topics. Access is via alphabetical index or
broad subject categories: fractures, joints, muscles, nerves,
trauma, medications, and lab tests. It also includes links to
other orthopedic sites, journals and news.
http://www.wheelessonline.com/
World Wide Wounds
World Wide Wounds is a peer-reviewed e-journal for dressing
materials and practical wound management information. The
home page is divided into subject areas: acute wounds,
diabetic feet, dressings and bandages, larval therapy, leg
ulcers, and pressure sores. It also includes a keyword search
engine. The site is published by the Surgical Materials
Testing Laboratory, U.S.
http://www.worldwidewounds.com/
WorldOrtho: Electronic Textbook
WorldOrtho is an 'electronic textbook for medical students
and orthopaedic residents/registrars'. It contains in-depth
reviews of orthopaedic disorders with colour graphics,
images, immediate updates of text, and reader interaction
with authors. The principle chapters include paediatric
orthopaedics, basic sciences, adult reconstruction of the hip
and knee, orthopaedic pathology, etc.
http://www.worldortho.com/dev/index.php
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