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Arthroplasty — FNB reading list.

What a two-year FNB fellow in Arthroplasty reads, and what each title is for.

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7Titles listed
4Read cover to cover
2 yrsFellowship length
400Marks in the exit exam
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Arthroplasty at a glance

Primary and revision hip and knee joint replacement.

DisciplineOrthopaedics and Spine
Length2 years, full-time at an NBEMS-accredited hospital
Entered fromDNB/MS Orthopaedics
EntranceFET, the NBEMS Fellowship Entrance Test — 100 questions in 105 minutes, Part-A from the feeder specialty and Part-B from this fellowship.
How this list is used

Reading for Arthroplasty

Campbell's is the book every Indian arthroplasty fellow already owns from residency and keeps using for approaches, implant choice and bailouts; Insall & Scott is the knee reference read cover-to-cover before the exit exam. The 2018 international consensus definition of periprosthetic joint infection is genuinely required reading, because infected and failed arthroplasty forms a large share of the revision load reaching Indian tertiary units. Robotic and revision volumes come off the shelf as units add navigation platforms and take on second-time knees and hips.

Titles are tagged core reading — the ones fellows finish — or reference, the ones they look things up in. Editions are given where the current edition is what you want to buy.

  1. Campbell's Operative Orthopaedicscore readingFrederick M. Azar, James H. Beaty (eds.) · Elsevier · 14th edition (2021)The four-volume standard used for approaches, implant technique and the orthopaedic background the exit exam assumes.
  2. Insall & Scott Surgery of the Kneecore readingW. Norman Scott (ed.) · Elsevier · 6th edition (2017)Read cover-to-cover for knee arthroplasty - alignment philosophy, balancing, and the constrained and revision options.
  3. Complex Primary and Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Clinical Casebookcore readingBryan D. Springer, Brian M. Curtin (eds.) · Springer · 1st edition (2015)Case-based volume used to rehearse the stiff, deformed or bone-deficient knee before taking one on.
  4. Robotics in Knee and Hip Arthroplasty: Current Concepts, Techniques and Emerging Usescore readingJess H. Lonner (ed.) · Springer · 1st edition (2019)Read when a unit commissions a robotic or navigated platform, for workflow, registration and learning-curve pitfalls.
  5. Trauma and Infection Control in Revision Hip and Knee Arthroplasty: A Case-Based ApproachreferenceRichard S. Yoon, Jaclyn Jankowski, Frank A. Liporace (eds.) · Springer · 1st edition (2025)Used for periprosthetic fracture and staged revision planning, which is most of the emergency revision work.
  6. Miller's Review of OrthopaedicsreferenceMark D. Miller, Stephen R. Thompson (eds.) · Elsevier · 8th edition (2019)The rapid-revision book used in the weeks before exit assessment and consultant interviews.
  7. The 2018 Definition of Periprosthetic Hip and Knee Infection (International Consensus Meeting criteria)referenceInternational Consensus Meeting on Musculoskeletal Infection · 2018 criteria editionThe scoring criteria used to call an arthroplasty infected and to decide between one- and two-stage revision.

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The exit examination

What you are reading towards

The exit examination is the FEE - Fellowship Exit Examination, held after completion of the fellowship training. Theory: one paper of 100 marks (10 questions of 10 marks each) of three hours' duration. Practical: 300 marks, comprising clinical examination and viva voce. A candidate must obtain a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate across theory and practical (200 of 400) to qualify, with the theory paper itself to be passed at 50/100. Trainees must also appear in the formative assessment during training. Successful candidates are awarded the FNB (or FNB-PD) at the annual NBEMS convocation.

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Going further in Arthroplasty

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Frequently asked

FNB Arthroplasty — questions

Which books do FNB Arthroplasty fellows read?

The 7 titles on this page, of which 4 are read cover to cover and the rest are kept as references. Most fellows own two or three and use the department copy for the others.

How long is the FNB in Arthroplasty?

2 years, full-time at an NBEMS-accredited hospital, followed by the Fellowship Exit Examination.

Which specialty do you enter FNB Arthroplasty from?

DNB/MS Orthopaedics

How is the FNB exit examination marked?

One theory paper of 100 marks with ten questions of ten marks each, and a 300-mark practical of clinical examination and viva. A candidate needs 50 per cent in aggregate across the two.

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