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C1 and C2 Fractures and Injuries - Which Fractures are Stable and Unstable

#Diagnosis #Orthopedics #C1C2 #Cervical
C1 and C2 Fractures ... Injuries - Which Fractures ... #Diagnosis #Orthopedics ... #Unstable #Stability ... #Table #ALiEM
C3-C7 Fractures and Injuries - Which Fractures are Stable and Unstable

#Diagnosis #Orthopedics #C3C7 #Cervical #Fractures #Unstable
C3-C7 Fractures ... Injuries - Which Fractures ... #Diagnosis #Orthopedics ... #Unstable #Stability ... #Table #ALiEM
RADIAL HEAD FRACTURE 
Radial head fractures are the most common elbow fracture in adults and are
injuries: Ligamentous injury ... radioulnar joint injury ... II-IV, pending orthopedic ... MetroHealth_EM #RadialHead ... Diagnosis #Management #Orthopedics
ANKLE FRACTURES: Lauge-Hansen Classification 
- Describes position of foot and mechanism of injury. Fx
progresses from Stage
ANKLE FRACTURES: ... and mechanism of injury ... #Diagnosis #Orthopedics ... #Ankle #Fractures ... Classification #ALiEM
Femoral Head Fracture: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Posterior hip dislocation -> Impaction force from femoral
Femoral Head Fracture ... Avulsion or shearing injury ... Complications: • Inability ... • Non-union of fracture ... signs #symptoms #orthopedics
Mallet Finger
Absence of a fracture does NOT exclude Mallet finger, the extension function of the DIP
Absence of a fracture ... : Hyperflexion injury ... flexion due to inability ... injuries: Avulsion fracture ... Discharge with orthpedic
Webber Ankle Injury Classification

A: In a Supination-Adduction injury the fibula breaks first, with a fracture below
first, with a fracture ... severity) is either a fracture ... document the degree instability ... #Diagnosis #Orthopedics ... #Fracture #Classification
Orthopedic Splints, Casts, Plasters, Traction and Frames
Upper Limb and Spine 
 • DUNLOP TRACTION: Used in
Orthopedic Splints ... cervical spine injury ... cervical spine injury ... with rotational instability ... Plasters #Frames #Orthopedics
This is a fibula fracture with a tear of the deltoid ligament and syndesmotic ligaments. 

It’s
This is a fibula fracture ... #syndesmotic #injury ... syndesmosis #fibular #fracture ... clinical #sports #orthopedics ... #instability
Posterior Knee Dislocation Injury
Specifically, POSTERIOR KNEE DISLOCATIONS can have significant associated injury that needs unique approach
Fractures-> Femur ... Avulsion fractures ... CLINICAL: instability ... SEGOND FRACTURE: ... trauma/vascular/orthopedic