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Orthopedic Essentials - Spinal Trauma and Spine Classification 
DENIS THREE COLUMN CONCEPT
Anterior column:
, Burst Fracture ... , Chance Fracture ... Stable fractures ... : Don't cause spinal ... #Orthopedics #diagnosis
Classification of Pelvic Ring Fractures: Mechanisms, Clinical Features and Complications
 • Anterior Posterior Compression (APC) -
Pelvic Ring Fractures ... : Mechanisms, Clinical ... bilateral rami fractures ... #PelvicRing #Fractures ... Orthopedics #MSK #diagnosis
Orthopedic Fracture Classification - Pelvic and Lower Limbs
Letournel Classification Acetabular Fractures:
 • Simple Types: Anterior column,
Orthopedic Fracture ... Acetabular Fractures ... fracture • Evan ... Tarsometatarsal Injury ... #Orthopedics #diagnosis
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 ... Two or more rib fractures ... , sternal fracture ... #diagnosis #signs
Subtrochanteric Femur Fracture: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Subtrochanteric region spans 5 cm distally from the
Subtrochanteric Femur Fracture ... Pathogenesis and clinical ... low energy fall fractures ... Atypical femur fracture ... Subtrochanteric #Femur #Fractures
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 ... #Causes
Salter Harris Fractures

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

Type I
Salter-Harris classification ... radiographs and the diagnosis ... is often made clinically ... intra-articular and the diagnosis ... there is a crush injury
Posterior Elbow Dislocation
The elbow is the second most commonly dislocated major joint in adults and the
humerus; simple = no fracture ... , complex = fracture ... associated injuries: Fractures ... + radial head fracture ... coronoid process fracture
Open Fractures: Mechanisms, Clinical Features and Complications
Gustilo-Anderson Classification:
 • Type I
   - Wound <
Open Fractures: ... Mechanisms, Clinical ... Typically "inside out" injury ... #Open #Fractures ... #Diagnosis #Complications
Traumatic Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Surface Injury:
 • Corneal Abrasion
 • Ultraviolet Keratitis
 • Chemical
- Differential Diagnosis ... Rim/Mid-facial Fracture ... Orbital Floor Fracture ... / Retrobulbar Fracture ... #Algorithm #Causes