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Oxford Handbook of Trauma and Orthopaedics 2nd Edition
Author(s): Kunal Kulkarni (Author), Randeep Aujla (Author), Jeremy Granville Chapman (Author)
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publication Date: December 23, 2025
- Edition: 2nd
- Language: English
- Print length: 832 pages
- ISBN-10: 019873865X
- ISBN-13: 9780198738657
Book Description
Key illustrations and easy-reference diagrams guide the reader, and the appendices provide information on common drugs and fracture classifications. New topics include pre-hospital care, major trauma, setup of theatre complex, global orthopaedics, and EBM, hip fractures, soft tissue knee injuries, cauda equina, and metastatic spinal cord compression. Written by specialists and trainees, the Handbook is an accessible and informative tool suitable for all levels of training.
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About the Author
Kunal Kulkarni is a Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic surgeon based at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, undertaking general trauma and subspecialist Hand and Wrist surgery. He received his medical degree from the University of Oxford and subsequently completed his surgical training across the Oxford, London, and Midlands training regions. He undertook a fellowship at the internationally renowned Pulvertaft Hand Centre (Derby, UK) alongside a BOA Travelling Fellowship to Ganga Hospital (Coimbatore, India). He is one of only a select few Hand and Wrist surgeons in the UK that is dual certified with both the British and European Diplomas in Hand Surgery.
Randeep Aujla is a Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon specialising in knee, sports, and trauma at the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. He is internationally fellowship trained across Europe and Australia. He is the Head of Trauma in his unit and is the Leicester Knee Fellowship Co-Director. In the UK he has worked in professional sport for 10 years and enjoys athlete-care. He has an interest in sports related orthopaedic conditions and their management. He prides himself on providing evidence-based medicine for all his patients and values a patient-centred approach.
Jeremy Granville-Chapman is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust. He qualified with a distinction from Barts and the London in 2003. Research into resuscitation strategies following military wounding yielded an MD. He won the 2013 Sir Walter Mercer Medal for the top performance in FRCS. Fellowship training at Wrightington (Upper Limb) and Brighton (Trauma) led to his Consultant appointment in 2016. Mr Granville-Chapman has published several articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals and has presented at learned meetings, both internationally and nationally. Alongside clinical work, Jeremy is a keen educator and regularly teaches surgeons in arthroscopy and fellowship exam preparation courses.
