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Common Hand Fractures on X-Ray
Mallet finger - injury to the lateral extensor slips
Boutonniere deformity - injury
Common Hand Fractures ... ulnar collateral ligament ... Bennet fracture ... Scapholunate ligament ... Radiology #Wrist #differential
Orthopedic Fracture Classification - Pelvic and Lower Limbs
Letournel Classification Acetabular Fractures:
 • Simple Types: Anterior column,
Orthopedic Fracture ... of Femoral Head Fracture ... - Below fovea/ligamentum ... - Above fovea/ ligamentum ... intact between the main
Acute Joint Pain - Vitamin CD Mnemonic
Vascular
Infectious
Trauma - Multiple injury sites, Open Fracture, Infectious joint pain
Autoimmune
Acute Joint Pain ... injury sites, Open Fracture ... Infectious joint pain ... See pathologic fractures ... #Orthopedics #differential
Femoral Head Fracture: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Posterior hip dislocation -> Impaction force from femoral
Femoral Head Fracture ... shearing injury -> Ligaments ... • Non-union of fracture ... Leg • Shooting pains ... #FemoralHead #Fractures
RADIAL HEAD FRACTURE 
Radial head fractures are the most common elbow fracture in adults and are
RADIAL HEAD FRACTURE ... Radial head fractures ... most common elbow fracture ... elbow x-ray review alignment ... ED Management: Pain
Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
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Vascular Joint Pain ... - Differential ... Embolism (e.g. fractured ... Vessel (dislocation/fracture ... JointPain #MSK #Differential
Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Primary Back Pathology:
 • Musculoligamentous injury (a.k.a. lumbosacral strain)
 • Spondylosis (i.e.
Back Pain - Differential ... • Compression fracture ... , Pathologic fracture ... Inflammatory back pain ... #Differential #
Scapholunate Dissociation
The spacing between all carpal bones should be 1-2 mm, look for the "Terry Thomas"
scapholunate interosseous ligament ... anatomic snuff box, pain ... distal radius fracture ... , scaphoid fracture ... ED Management: Pain
Humeral Avulsion of the Inferior Glenohumeral Ligament (HAGL)
 • Imaging Findings:
 • Large defect of the
Inferior Glenohumeral Ligament ... inferior glenohumeral ligament ... the Glenohumeral Ligament ... Differential diagnosis ... BHAGL): Avulsion fracture
Webber Ankle Injury Classification

A: In a Supination-Adduction injury the fibula breaks first, with a fracture below
malleolus OR a deltoid ligament ... Because a deltoid ligament ... is not seen on plain ... and easy way to differentiate ... malleolus or deltoid ligament