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Open Fractures: Mechanisms, Clinical Features and Complications
Gustilo-Anderson Classification:
 • Type I
   - Wound <
Open Fractures: ... Mechanisms, Clinical ... Features and Complications ... Typically "inside out" injury ... #Diagnosis #Complications
The Schatzker classification system of tibial plateau fractures is shown.

**TIBIAL PLATEAU FRACTURES**

Frequency: lateral (less bad, more
The Schatzker classification ... Get CT. ... Schatzker Types ... Neurovascular injury ... 976528726962810880 #Diagnosis
Classification of Pelvic Ring Fractures: Mechanisms, Clinical Features and Complications
 • Anterior Posterior Compression (APC) -
Classification of ... : Mechanisms, Clinical ... Features and Complications ... - LC Grade 3 - Type ... Orthopedics #MSK #diagnosis
RADIAL HEAD FRACTURE 
Radial head fractures are the most common elbow fracture in adults and are
anterior sail sign ... radioulnar joint injury ... • ED Management ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis ... #Management #Orthopedics
Salter Harris Fractures

Pediatric physeal fractures have traditionally been described by the five-part Salter-Harris classification system.

Type I
Salter-Harris classification ... Type I fractures ... radiographs and the diagnosis ... is often made clinically ... there is a crush injury
Femoral Head Fracture: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Posterior hip dislocation -> Impaction force from femoral
Pathogenesis and clinical ... Avulsion or shearing injury ... onto lateral hip Signs ... /Symptoms/Complications ... #msk #diagnosis
Prader-Willi Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Maternal uniparental disomy: inheriting 2 copies of maternal chromosome
Pathogenesis and clinical ... Syndrome Signs ... /Symptoms/Complications ... Incr Skeletal fractures ... • Obesity -> Type
Supracondylar Elbow Fracture
• Most common elbow fracture in children, peak age 5-7 
• When looking at
anterior sail sign ... can't make A-OK sign ... brachial artery injury ... syndrome • ED Management ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis
Gustilo-Anderson Classification for Open Fractures

Antibiotic regimen for open fractures is determined by the severity of the
Gustilo-Anderson Classification ... severity of the injury ... contamination and the type ... - Vascular injury ... #Diagnosis #Management
Posterior Knee Dislocation Injury
Specifically, POSTERIOR KNEE DISLOCATIONS can have significant associated injury that needs unique approach
CLINICAL: instability ... lachmans, posterior drawers ... Consider CT. ... consult for these types ... #msk #clinical