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Orthopaedics revision checklist for NEET PG, INI-CET & FMGE

Every topic broken into what's actually asked from it. Tick what you've already studied — mark it Shaky if you'd fumble it under exam pressure.

Fractures and Trauma

Open Fracture, Compartment Syndrome and Polytrauma

4 points

Gustilo-Anderson IIIB — soft-tissue loss with periosteal stripping

BOTH2017, 2019

Open fracture false-statement — additional injuries are common

INI2021

Paralysis is the most delayed compartment sign — not pulselessness

INI2021

Pelvic fracture haemorrhage and Denis three-column concept

INI2012, 2013

Named Fractures and Classifications

3 points

Boxer, Bennett, March and Jones fracture-site matching

BOTH🖼 Image2021, 2024

Salter-Harris type I vs IV physeal fracture identification

BOTH🖼 Image2016, 2024

Pipkin (femoral head) and Milkman (pseudofracture) eponyms

NEET2017

Upper Limb

Humerus Fracture and Nerve Injury

3 points

Cubitus varus, three-point relation and nerve recovery

BOTH🖼 Image2022, 2023, 2024 +1

Fishtail deformity and distal-humerus malformation site

INI🖼 Image2016, 2020

Brachial artery in supracondylar, radial/ulnar nerve by level

INI🖼 Image2016, 2017

Shoulder Girdle Injuries

3 points

Bankart lesion, anterior dislocation mechanism and recurrence

INI2011, 2017, 2023

Post-seizure posterior shoulder dislocation attitude

INI2012

Clavicle fracture site and Sprengel shoulder associations

BOTH🖼 Image2017, 2022

Lower Limb

Hip and Limb Clinical Tests

2 points

Thomas and Ober tests for hip flexion deformity and ITB

BOTH2018, 2019, 2021 +1

Hoover test for feigned weakness and Shenton line

INI2015, 2017

Knee Arthritis and Anterior Pain

2 points

End-stage knee OA management and quadriceps wasting

BOTH2011, 2014

Chondromalacia, infrapatellar bursitis and bipartite patella

NEET🖼 Image2014, 2017, 2023

Spine and Pelvis

Ankylosing Spondylitis

3 points

Young male inflammatory back pain, uveitis and enthesitis

BOTH🖼 Image2021, 2023, 2024

Bamboo spine and sacroiliitis vs DISH and Paget

INI🖼 Image2016, 2020

Ochronosis mimic — disc calcification with ochre pigment

INI🖼 Image2017

Lumbar Disc Prolapse and Radiculopathy

2 points

L5 vs S1 root localisation by motor/reflex/sensory signs

BOTH2011, 2012, 2014

Cauda equina red flag and disc-removal approaches

BOTH🖼 Image2015, 2018, 2024

Bone and Joint Infections

Acute and Chronic Osteomyelitis

3 points

Acute osteomyelitis organism spectrum and least-likely trap

INI2025

Sequestrum, involucrum, cloaca and ring sequestrum

BOTH🖼 Image2018, 2020, 2024

Sickle-cell Salmonella and diaphyseal infection vs Ewing

BOTH🖼 Image2016, 2022

Septic Arthritis and Bone Tuberculosis

1 point

Tom Smith arthritis, TB osteomyelitis facts and disc destruction

BOTH2013, 2017, 2018

Bone Tumors

Giant Cell Tumor

2 points

Epiphyseal expansile lytic lesion at distal radius or knee

BOTH🖼 Image2018, 2021, 2023 +1

Multinucleate giant-cell histology and false-statement trap

BOTH2016, 2020

Osteosarcoma

1 point

Sunburst/Codman periosteal reaction and GCT discrimination

BOTH🖼 Image2014, 2016, 2025

Pediatric Orthopedics

Congenital Deformities and Syndromes

2 points

CTEV inverted foot and clubfoot causes vs non-causes

INI2012, 2013

Facioscapulohumeral dystrophy, Luckenschadel and supracondylar

BOTH🖼 Image2015, 2016

Metabolic Bone Diseases

Osteoporosis Diagnosis and DEXA

2 points

DEXA T-score threshold, first-line drug and FRAX

BOTH2020, 2021, 2024

Normal biochemistry, commonest fracture site and T-score facts

INI2015, 2021, 2024 +1

Rickets, Scurvy and Osteomalacia

2 points

Earliest rickets sign and oncogenic (phosphaturic) osteomalacia

BOTH🖼 Image2016, 2018, 2019 +1

Scurvy radiological signs and the collagen/osteoid defect

NEET2015, 2019

Nerve Injuries

Radial Nerve Palsy

1 point

Saturday-night wrist drop and low vs high radial/PIN palsy

BOTH2012, 2013, 2014

Instruments and Advanced

Advanced Orthopedic Management

2 points

Brachial artery vein-graft repair and heterotopic ossification marker

INI2011, 2021

Deep vs superficial heat therapy and radiation sensitivity

BOTH2011, 2021

Orthopedic Instruments Identification

1 point

Bone-holding forceps, nibbler, rail fixator and cock-up splint

BOTH🖼 Image2017, 2019, 2023

53 more Orthopaedics topics inside RankPG

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