Iran Orthopedic Surgery Board Exam study guide
Iran Orthopedic Surgery Board Exam · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Iranian specialty board in orthopedic surgery (بورد تخصصی جراحی استخوان و مفاصل) is the national credential that marks completion of orthopedic residency training and certifies readiness for independent practice in Iran. It is aimed at residents finishing their training programme and at surgeons preparing for the certification process; it is not a subspecialty fellowship examination. The Iran Orthopedic Surgery Board Exam study guide has 11 sections and about 3,531 words.
01Basic Sciences of the Musculoskeletal System
Basic-science items on the Iranian orthopedic board are applied, not rote: you must use anatomy, biomechanics, bone-healing physiology, microbiology, and pharmacology to justify a clinical decision or explain a failure. Plate bending stiffness is proportional to E·w·t³, but strength only to t².
345 words, about 2 min02Trauma and Fracture Management
Physiologic triage, fracture classification, decision timing in polytrauma, and damage-control orthopedics (DCO) versus early total care (ETC). The polytrauma patient is judged by physiology, not by the fracture list.
327 words, about 2 min03Arthroplasty and Adult Reconstructive Surgery
Indications and timing, fixation and bearing choices, wear and osteolysis, periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) diagnosis, instability, and revision strategy for hip, knee, and shoulder arthroplasty. Cemented femoral fixation remains excellent in older, lower-demand patients; cementless stems suit younger bone.
345 words, about 2 min04Spine Surgery
Degenerative disease and its surgical indications, deformity measurement, trauma classification, spinal infection, and tumor staging. Thoracolumbar trauma: the TLICS score sums morphology (compression 1, burst 2, translation/rotation 3, distraction 4), posterior ligamentous complex integrity (0, 2, or 3), and neurology (intact 0, nerve root 2, complete cord 2, incomplete cord 3, cauda equina 3).
311 words, about 2 min05Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy
Clinical diagnosis of ligament, meniscal, and tendon pathology, imaging choices, surgical indications, graft and fixation selection, and return-to-sport criteria. Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction is indicated in young active patients with functional instability.
327 words, about 2 min06Pediatric Orthopedics and Deformity
Developmental dysplasia of the hip, clubfoot, limb deformity, pediatric fracture patterns, and growth-plate behavior. DDH: Ortolani and Barlow maneuvers in the neonate, ultrasound using Graf classification before ossification of the femoral head, and plain films afterward.
312 words, about 2 min07Hand, Wrist, and Microsurgery
Flexor and extensor tendon zones, nerve injury classification and repair, carpal instability, replantation, and microvascular principles. Flexor tendon zones: zone I is distal to the flexor digitorum superficialis insertion (jersey finger), zone II spans the fibro-osseous sheath, zone III the palm, zone IV the carpal tunnel, zone V proximal to the canal.
307 words, about 2 min08Foot and Ankle Surgery
Ankle fracture classification and syndesmotic injury, Achilles tendon management, adult flatfoot, hallux valgus, Lisfranc injury, and the diabetic foot. Ankle fractures: Danis-Weber depends on the level of the fibular fracture relative to the syndesmosis; Lauge-Hansen describes the injury mechanism.
316 words, about 2 min09Musculoskeletal Oncology and Metabolic Bone Disease
Staging, biopsy principles, primary bone tumors, skeletal metastases, and metabolic bone disease including osteoporosis. Enneking staging uses grade (low/high), compartment (intracompartmental A, extracompartmental B), and metastases (III).
295 words, about 1 min10Orthopedic Infections, Complications, and Perioperative Care
Osteomyelitis classification, septic arthritis, prevention bundles, venous thromboembolism, fat embolism, transfusion, and perioperative medical optimization. Cierny-Mader classifies osteomyelitis by anatomy (I medullary, II superficial, III localized, IV diffuse) and host (A normal, B compromised, C unsuitable for surgery).
306 words, about 2 min11Rehabilitation, Prosthetics/Orthotics, Functional Assessment, Ethics, Safety, and Research
Outcome measurement, orthotic and prosthetic principles, appraisal of study design and diagnostic statistics, and professional conduct. Know which instrument fits which question: ODI for lumbar disability, NDI for neck, DASH or QuickDASH for upper limb, WOMAC or KOOS for knee osteoarthritis, MSTS for tumor resection, AOFAS for foot and ankle, and the SF-36 or EQ-5D for general health.
340 words, about 2 min