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Common fractures — Colles', hip, ankle
Frequency: Every year
Osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease
Frequency: Often
Bone tumours — osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma
Frequency: Sometimes
Nerve injuries — radial, ulnar, median
Frequency: Sometimes
Apley's System of Orthopaedics and Fractures
Solomon, Warwick & Nayagam · 10th
Standard orthopaedics text. Read trauma, common fractures and joint disease chapters.
Saturday night palsy / humerus shaft fracture → wrist drop, loss of finger extension. Test sensation at first dorsal web space.
UPSC CMS includes ~8 Orthopaedics questions, distributed across Paper II.
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Medically reviewed by Dr. Ananya Reddy, MBBS, AIIMS New Delhi (2018), UPSC CMS AIR-1 (2024). Last reviewed 21 July 2026.