After years of preparation, this surgical specialist and lawyer presents the lay public and his colleagues a truly unique compendium of orthopedic cases which do contain mysterious features and often surprising solutions. He utilizes hundreds of actual but redacted cases as exemplars, typically lengthy and complex ones, which he then distills down to a few key, understandable paragraphs. These usually have one or two main features that are grouped together in chapters and subsections. Some of the highlighted areas of interest are: Making accurate diagnoses via thorough exams; How to properly prepare & to query litigants; Assessing impairments & damages; Elimination of wrong/inaccurate diagnoses; Fair but proper critiques of overzealous treatment; Medical malpractice; Use of leverage by all parties;Prognostic assessments/ outlook specifics; Finding fakers or exaggerators; Describes SES:symptom embellishment syndrome;MUPS: medically undiagnosable pain syndromes; Resolving naked and/or latent incompatibilities; Advocating substantial fairness; Exposing overt and subtle deceit; Describing the slow grinding of wheels of justice; Revelation of examiner's genuine neutrality;But also zealously defending own conclusions; Need to focus on providing objective support; Analysis of carpetbagging;Providing helpful resolution of challenging cases for all involved parties. Therefore, the relevance of his subtitle becomes apparent. He helps others to resolve the mysterious orthopedic issues, exposing and resolving them by providing a guide to reasonable solutions. In this virtual textbook, presented in anecdotalfashion based on real cases, this doctor-lawyer hybrid discusses serious orthopedic forensic issues while attempting to enliven the stories with a touch of levity -- by using relevant quotes, pictures and cartoons, along with some wry, often-subtle humor. This medicolegal memoir of sorts is a good, arguably necessary read for doctors, lawyers, [Indian chiefs], judges, claim reps, and laypeople involved in personal injury cases -- and possibly some bakers & candlestick makers!