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Odontoid Fractures 
Type I  [Stable]  - Avulsion of the tip 
Type II [Unstable] -
Odontoid Fractures ... Type I [Stable ... most common) Type ... #TypeIII #Trauma ... #Orthopedics #Dens
RADIAL HEAD FRACTURE 
Radial head fractures are the most common elbow fracture in adults and are
radioulnar joint injury ... II-IV, pending orthopedic ... #Elbow #Radiology ... #XRay #Diagnosis ... #Management #Orthopedics
Common Types of Elbow Trauma - Comparison Table
 - RADIAL HEAD SUBLUXATION (nursemaid's elbow) 
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Common Types of ... Elbow Trauma - Comparison ... #Diagnosis # ... Orthopedics #Elbow ... #Trauma #Types
Unstable Cervical Spine Fractures 
The common mnemonic “Jefferson Bit Off A Hangman’s Thumb,” is used to
Cervical Spine Fractures ... AKA Type 2 & 3 ... C2 Dens Fracture ... #Trauma #Orthopedics ... #Diagnosis
Orthopedic Essentials - Spinal Trauma and Spine Classification 
DENIS THREE COLUMN CONCEPT
Anterior column:
Orthopedic Essentials ... - Spinal Trauma ... #Trauma #Spine ... Classification #Orthopedics ... #diagnosis #localization
Salter Harris Physeal Injury Classification

S - Straight through - Type I - Separation through the physis
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Harris Physeal Injury ... II - Fracture through ... III - Fracture ... #SALTR #Diagnosis ... Peds #Pediatrics #Orthopedics
Orthopedic Fracture Classification - Pelvic and Lower Limbs
Letournel Classification Acetabular Fractures:
 • Simple Types: Anterior column,
Orthopedic Fracture ... : • Type IA, Type ... Tarsometatarsal Injury ... #Lower #Limbs #Orthopedics ... #diagnosis
Common Hand Fractures on X-Ray
Mallet finger - injury to the lateral extensor slips
Boutonniere deformity - injury
Mallet finger - injury ... Boutonniere deformity - injury ... Gamekeeper's thumb injury ... #XRay #Radiology ... #differential #diagnosis
What is a Boxer’s fracture?? Fracture of the 4th or 5th metacarpal neck
 - Common in
direct blunt/force trauma ... weeks Urgent orthopedics ... compromise - Certain radiologic ... recommended if injury ... Hand #Metacarpal #Diagnosis
Salter Harris Fractures

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

Type I
Type I fractures ... radiographs and the diagnosis ... Type II fractures ... there is a crush injury ... #Types #Orthopedics