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ANKLE FRACTURES: Lauge-Hansen Classification 
- Describes position of foot and mechanism of injury. Fx
progresses from Stage
and mechanism of injury ... general areas of injury ... ATFL ligament tear ... PM fx (or PTFL tear ... #Diagnosis #Orthopedics
Thessaly Test for Knee Meniscal Tear

The test is positive if there is medial or lateral joint
Knee Meniscal Tear ... Knee #Meniscal #Injury ... #Tear #clinical ... physicalexam #msk #orthopedics
Hand Nerve Injuries - Common Presentations
 • Wrist Drop - Radial Nerve Injury
 • Claw Hand
- Radial Nerve Injury ... - Ulnar Nerve Injury ... - Median Nerve Injury ... Injuries #Anatomy #Differential ... Diagnosis #MSK #Orthopedics
Femoral Head Fracture: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Posterior hip dislocation -> Impaction force from femoral
Avulsion or shearing injury ... -> Ligaments tear ... Inability to weight-bear ... signs #symptoms #orthopedics
Orthopedic Essentials - Spinal Trauma and Spine Classification 
DENIS THREE COLUMN CONCEPT
Anterior column:
Orthopedic Essentials ... able to weight bear ... Unable to weight bear ... unstable spine injury ... Classification #Orthopedics
Low Ankle Sprain: Pathomechanics and Clinical Findings

Grading Ligament Sprains
l: Minimal ligament disruption, mild swelling & tenderness,
II: Incomplete tear ... Ill: Complete tear ... most commonly injured ... (uncommonly injured ... #Sports #MSK #orthopedics
Perilunate Dislocation
On lateral wrist XR, the capitate ("apple") should sit in the lunate ("tea cup") which
in the lunate ("tea ... sit in lunate "tea ... , median nerve injury ... Disposition: Pending orthopedic ... Diagnosis #Management #Orthopedics
Webber Ankle Injury Classification

A: In a Supination-Adduction injury the fibula breaks first, with a fracture below
Webber Ankle Injury ... Supination-Adduction injury ... deltoid ligament is tear ... and easy way to differentiate ... #Diagnosis #Orthopedics
Acute Joint Pain - Vitamin CD Mnemonic
Vascular
Infectious
Trauma - Multiple injury sites, Open Fracture, Infectious joint pain
Autoimmune
Trauma - Multiple injury ... Mnemonic #MSK #Orthopedics ... #differential #
Traumatic Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Surface Injury:
 • Corneal Abrasion
 • Ultraviolet Keratitis
 • Chemical
Traumatic Red Eye - Differential ... Algorithm Surface Injury ... • Orbital Apex Injury ... hemorrhage • Retina: Tear ... Traumatic #RedEye #Differential