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RADIAL HEAD FRACTURE 
Radial head fractures are the most common elbow fracture in adults and are
, elbow dislocation ... Splint: Sling • Ortho ... I, DC with ortho ... II-IV, pending orthopedic ... Diagnosis #Management #Orthopedics
Posterior Elbow Dislocation
The elbow is the second most commonly dislocated major joint in adults and the
), ligamentous injury ... brachial artery injury ... Posterior long arm • Ortho ... Simple, DC with ortho ... Complex, pending orthopedic
Salter Harris Fractures - Pediatric Fractures of the Physis 
SALTR Mnemonic 

Salter Harris I 
Straight through
Salter Harris Fractures ... with pediatric orthopedics ... Most common type ... with pediatric orthopedics ... Crush (Rammed) injury
Scapholunate Dissociation
The spacing between all carpal bones should be 1-2 mm, look for the "Terry Thomas"
spacing between all carpal ... • Due to injury ... Thumb spica • Ortho ... follow-up with orthopedics ... Diagnosis #Management #Orthopedics
Salter Harris Physeal Injury Classification

S - Straight through - Type I - Separation through the physis
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Salter Harris Physeal ... Injury Classification ... III - Fracture ... SalterHarris #Physeal #Classification ... Peds #Pediatrics #Orthopedics
Salter Harris Fractures

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

Type I
Salter Harris Fractures ... classification ... is often made clinically ... there is a crush injury ... #Orthopedics
Supracondylar Elbow Fracture
• Most common elbow fracture in children, peak age 5-7 
• When looking at
common elbow fracture ... brachial artery injury ... Posterior long arm • Ortho ... l, DC with ortho ... II-IV, pending orthopedic
Monteggia Fracture 
Fracture of proximal ulnar shaft with radial head dislocation. Remember “MUGR” to recall where
with radial head dislocation ... Exam: swollen elbow ... syndrome, ligamentous injury ... I or Ill) • Ortho ... DC with orthopedic
Perilunate Dislocation
On lateral wrist XR, the capitate ("apple") should sit in the lunate ("tea cup") which
fracture (scaphoid ... radial styloid fracture ... , median nerve injury ... Sugar tong • Ortho ... #Wrist #Carpal
Orthopedic Essentials - Spinal Trauma and Spine Classification 
DENIS THREE COLUMN CONCEPT
Anterior column:
Orthopedic Essentials ... • Vertebral canal ... Bilateral facet joints dislocation ... Classification ... #Orthopedics #diagnosis