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Unstable Cervical Spine Fractures 
The common mnemonic “Jefferson Bit Off A Hangman’s Thumb,” is used to
Cervical Spine Fractures ... Jeffereson Fracture ... AKA C1 Burst Fracture ... #Trauma #Orthopedics ... #Diagnosis
Amsterdam Wrist Rules
Rules that dictate which patients require imaging based on the likelihood of wrist fracture
pain after any trauma ... Visible deformity, Tender ... Visible deformity, Tender ... radiology #msk #orthopedics ... #diagnosis
Common Hand Fractures on X-Ray
Mallet finger - injury to the lateral extensor slips
Boutonniere deformity - injury
Common Hand Fractures ... band of extensor tendon ... Rolando fracture ... Radiology #Wrist #differential ... #diagnosis
Subtrochanteric Femur Fracture: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Subtrochanteric region spans 5 cm distally from the
Subtrochanteric Femur Fracture ... trochanter • Major traumas ... Causes: • Major trauma ... #msk #orthopedics ... #diagnosis #differential
Common Types of Elbow Trauma - Comparison Table
 - RADIAL HEAD SUBLUXATION (nursemaid's elbow) 
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Types of Elbow Trauma ... - RADIAL HEAD FRACTURE ... #Diagnosis # ... Orthopedics #Elbow ... #Trauma #Types
Anterior Shoulder Dislocation: Pathogenesis, clinical, and radiographic findings

Trauma, Fall on, outstretched arm, Overhead throwing => Abduction
radiographic findings Trauma ... strength of muscle, tendon ... nerves, muscles, tendons ... #Dislocation #Diagnosis ... symptoms #msk #orthopedics
What is a Boxer’s fracture?? Fracture of the 4th or 5th metacarpal neck
 - Common in
Fracture of the ... direct blunt/force trauma ... weeks Urgent orthopedics ... Hand #Metacarpal #Diagnosis ... Management #Referral #Orthopedics
Chronic Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Intra-Articular
 - Bone
     • Stress
Chronic Joint Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Tendinopathy • Tendon ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Causes of Common Accidental and Non-Accidental Pediatric Fractures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Accidental Trauma
 - Distal Radius
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Accidental Trauma ... Non-Accidental Trauma ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Acute Joint Pain - Vitamin CD Mnemonic
Vascular
Infectious
Trauma - Multiple injury sites, Open Fracture, Infectious joint pain
Autoimmune
Vascular Infectious Trauma ... injury sites, Open Fracture ... Mnemonic #MSK #Orthopedics ... #differential # ... diagnosis #Causes