Ortho Traumapedia app for iPhone and iPad
4.6 (
4176 ratings )
Reference
Medical
Developer:
HTG, LLC
9.99 USD
Current version:
2.0.79, last update: 6 years ago
First release : 07 Jul 2010
App size: 26.66 Mb
- A "must have" orthopedic app pick by Orthopedics Today
- Rated a "Top App" by TopOrthoApps.com
- An MDLinx Editors Pick
Ortho Traumapedia is designed to provide quick access to information important to the treatment of adult skeletal trauma. Based on extensive literature review, Ortho Traumapedia compiles the current standard of care in a high-yield, easy to use format including dozens of original images to help visualize fracture patterns and radiologic findings.
Originally developed by orthopedic surgeons for orthopedic surgeons, practitioners of all levels and specialties who encounter adult skeletal trauma will find Ortho Traumapedia useful as a condensed reference and educational tool. Whether you’re a primary care or emergency physician, physician’s assistant, nurse practitioner, resident or medical student, Ortho Traumapedia provides highly pertinent information regarding skeletal trauma right at your fingertips.
Ortho Traumapedia is organized into chapters by bone (for fractures) and joint (for dislocations). Each chapter is divided into four sections: Facts, Imaging, Classification and Treatment:
Facts begins with epidemiology and common injury mechanisms. This is followed by an outline of pertinent anatomy, eponyms and variants. Finally, patient presentation, examination and management tips are presented.
Imaging begins with the standard radiographic examinations for each anatomic region. This is followed by injury-specific views, relevant metrics and findings as well as supplemental modalities.
Classification outlines the most common classification systems used to describe the selected injury.
Treatment begins with general treatment principles and reviews treatment in the acute setting. This is followed by standard of care options grouped by injury pattern. Common complications associated with the injury are included at the end of this section.
Simply select the bone or joint you’re interested in from the main menu and navigate between the four sections with the buttons on the bottom of the screen. Return to the main menu by pressing the left arrow in the title bar. Theres never been a simpler, more mobile skeletal trauma reference!
Pros and cons of Ortho Traumapedia app for iPhone and iPad
Ortho Traumapedia app good for
Excellent App! Must have for any orthopaedic resident. Very useful when on call!
Hopefully an update will be coming out soon!
Great material, but some if it outdated with the current literature. It would be nice to see an updated version with 2016 or later updates. Thanks!
concise, accurate & useful app w nice interface, good pics & efficient delivery of info. perfect for anyone who cares for musculoskeletal injuries from primary care to ortho specialists, med students to residents to NPs, etc. well worth the cost. best ortho app Ive seen.
I’ve been looking for an app like this for quite some time. As a physical therapist at an academic trauma center, I treat a wide variety of ortho patients. Despite my 11 years of experience, it’s not uncommon for me to encounter some rare injury pattern or a treatment Im not familiar with. I can’t tell you how nice it is to finally have an ortho trauma app on my phone. No more running to a computer to sift through internet sites or journal articles when all I need is some basic information. Granted, there’s some stuff here that PTs probably won’t need but I’m an inquisitive lady--I’d rather have a little more than less. Ive also found that it helps me communicate with the docs better. And who doesn’t need that? So convenient and easy. Thanks!
Despite being billed as a "condensed" reference, it is surprisingly comprehensive (e.g. it has a section on prox tib/fib dislocations; Im pretty sure most people forget this even exists). I agree with one of the other reviews, this app could benefit from the judicious addition of more images but I believe the apparent accuracy and comprehensiveness of the information warrants the cost. Ideal for ortho professionals (who need a quick reference) and other inquisitive MSK healthcare providers (who are looking to learn).
App was great before update. Now even better with addition of radiograph images. MUST HAVE for anyone in health profession dealing with Orthopedic Trauma.
Some bad moments
I bought this app as an EM physician hoping that it would help provide a quick visual guide to fracture classification and perhaps have some pearls on radiographic interpretation. The preview images certainly make it Look like this might be the case. In reality the application has very few images and mostly relies on text descriptions of injury patterns. This may be valuable for an ortho resident, but I think it is not a very good quick reference for emergency providers.
This app is definitely for the iPhone, not the iPad. You can increase the size of the screen on the iPad by 2, but the screen is distorted. A "let down" and not worth the money.
Text is good, but a picture is worth a lot of text and for some incomprehensible reason, there are only normal radiographs--no x-rays of fx or dislocations! Comparison of normal and fx/dislocation would be the single most useful feature of an ortho app, and this has none of that!
The app UI looks blown-up and fuzzy/blurry. Apparently theyre taking the low resolution UI built for the iPhone 5/5S and just scaling it up to the iPhone 6 screen. Looks terrible. The app ought to be displayed at native resolution.
But the content is by far the best ortho app on the App Store.
