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Orthopedic Essentials - Spinal Trauma and Spine Classification 
DENIS THREE COLUMN CONCEPT
Anterior column:
Orthopedic Essentials ... - Spinal Trauma ... Fracture, Burst ... : Don't cause spinal ... #Fracture #Trauma
ANKLE FRACTURES: Lauge-Hansen Classification 
- Describes position of foot and mechanism of injury. Fx
progresses from Stage
ANKLE FRACTURES: ... and mechanism of injury ... general areas of injury ... #Diagnosis #Orthopedics ... #Ankle #Fractures
Pertinent Chest x-ray Findings in the Trauma Patient and Implications
Respiratory distress without x-ray findings - Central
asphyxia Any rib fracture ... Fracture of lower ... , sternal fracture ... , thoracic spine ... insertion - Bronchial tear
Acute Joint Pain - Vitamin CD Mnemonic
Vascular
Infectious
Trauma - Multiple injury sites, Open Fracture, Infectious joint pain
Autoimmune
Vascular Infectious Trauma ... - Multiple injury ... sites, Open Fracture ... See pathologic fractures ... Mnemonic #MSK #Orthopedics
Who to block and who not to block? Guidelines for Emergency Regional Anesthesiafor Trauma Orthopedic Injuries
Block
Anesthesiafor Trauma ... • Low foot and ankle ... • Any injury ... neurovascular injury ... after requested by Trauma
Chest Injury Score for Blunt Chest Wall Trauma
Age - 1 - Per additional 10-year increase starting
Blunt Chest Wall Trauma ... additional 10-year ... Number of rib fractures ... additional rib fracture ... starting at 94% Final
Webber Ankle Injury Classification

A: In a Supination-Adduction injury the fibula breaks first, with a fracture below
Webber Ankle Injury ... first, with a fracture ... severity) is either a fracture ... Danis-Webber C the fibula fracture ... #Injury #Fracture
Orthopedic Splints, Casts, Plasters, Traction and Frames
Upper Limb and Spine 
 • DUNLOP TRACTION: Used in
Orthopedic Splints ... injury • CRUSH ... of ankle joint/ ... exsanguinating pelvic trauma ... 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 ... with a tear of ... It’s caused by a ... #syndesmotic #injury ... syndesmosis #fibular #fracture
Mallet Finger
Absence of a fracture does NOT exclude Mallet finger, the extension function of the DIP
Absence of a fracture ... Finger deformity caused ... terminal extensor tendon ... : Hyperflexion injury ... injuries: Avulsion fracture