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Femoral Head Fracture: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Posterior hip dislocation -> Impaction force from femoral
Avulsion or shearing injury ... -> Ligaments tear ... FemoralHead #Fractures #msk ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms
Myelopathy - Injury to the entire spinal cord - Signs and Symptoms
 • Ataxia (early sign)
Myelopathy - Injury ... and Symptoms ... #Myelopathy #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms ... #msk
Lachman test in ACL-deficient Knee

This patient has pathologic varus alignment across the knee and a chronic
pathologic varus alignment ... a chronic ACL tear ... test #ACL #Knee #Injury ... anterior #cruciate #ligament ... #msk
Low Ankle Sprain: Pathomechanics and Clinical Findings

Grading Ligament Sprains
l: Minimal ligament disruption, mild swelling & tenderness,
II: Incomplete tear ... Ill: Complete tear ... (uncommonly injured ... LowAnkleSprain #Sports #MSK ... Grading #Grades #Diagnosis
ANKLE FRACTURES: Lauge-Hansen Classification 
- Describes position of foot and mechanism of injury. Fx
progresses from Stage
and mechanism of injury ... general areas of injury ... : * ATFL ligament ... fx (or deltoid ligament ... tear) #Diagnosis
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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Findings Compression/injury ... lateral inguinal ligament ... (near anterior ... MeralgiaParesthetica #MSK ... #signs #symptoms
Humeral Avulsion of the Inferior Glenohumeral Ligament (HAGL)
 • Imaging Findings:
 • Large defect of the
with a capsule tear ... Differential diagnosis ... capsuloligamentous injury ... GAGL): "Reverse J sign ... #msk
Segond Fracture
- Avulsion fracture of the proximal tibia below the articular surface. 
- Associated with anterior
anterior cruciate ligament ... (ACL) tear ... Segond #Fracture #Diagnosis ... KneeXRay #Clinical #MSK
Positive Lachman test in ACL Injury

Here is an exam of a patient under anesthesia with an
Lachman test in ACL Injury ... anesthesia with an ACL tear ... test #ACL #Knee #Injury ... anterior #cruciate #ligament ... #msk
Orthopedic Essentials - Spinal Trauma and Spine Classification 
DENIS THREE COLUMN CONCEPT
Anterior column:
: Supraspinous ligament ... LF: Ligamentum ... able to weight bear ... Unable to weight bear ... #Orthopedics #diagnosis