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Classification of Pelvic Ring Fractures: Mechanisms, Clinical Features and Complications
 • Anterior Posterior Compression (APC) -
: Mechanisms, Clinical ... possible vascular injury ... - Type 1 or 2 injury ... #Grading #Orthopedics ... #MSK #diagnosis
Open Fractures: Mechanisms, Clinical Features and Complications
Gustilo-Anderson Classification:
 • Type I
   - Wound <
Open Fractures: ... Mechanisms, Clinical ... Typically "inside out" injury ... Complications #MSK ... #Orthopedics
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Anterior Cord Syndrome ... • Central Cord Syndrome ... Posterior Cord Syndrome ... signs #symptoms #msk ... #orthopedics #neurology
Low Ankle Sprain: Pathomechanics and Clinical Findings

Grading Ligament Sprains
l: Minimal ligament disruption, mild swelling & tenderness,
most commonly injured ... (uncommonly injured ... LowAnkleSprain #Sports ... #MSK #orthopedics ... #Grading #Grades
Femoral Head Fracture: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Posterior hip dislocation -> Impaction force from femoral
Femoral Head Fracture ... Avulsion or shearing injury ... • Non-union of fracture ... #msk #diagnosis ... signs #symptoms #orthopedics
RICE: Mechanism of Action
Rest (weight bearing or stressful motion discontinued)
Ice (applied to injury)
Compression (wrap applied to
RICE: Mechanism ... Ice (applied to injury ... wrap applied to injured ... heart) #RICE #Sports ... #MSK
Prader-Willi Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Maternal uniparental disomy: inheriting 2 copies of maternal chromosome
Prader-Willi Syndrome ... Syndrome Signs ... Incr Skeletal fractures ... • Short stature ... #PraderWilli #Syndrome
Acute Compartment Syndrome
 • Crush injuries, burns, circumferential constriction to limbs (each containing facially divided muscle
Acute Compartment Syndrome ... local signalling mechanisms ... bleeding tendency/fracture ... pathophysiology #orthopedics
Fracture Healing (and disruptors of this process)
Inflammatory Stage (0-7d)
 • Fracture disrupts local blood vessels ->
Fracture Healing ... Stage (0-7d) • Fracture ... healing time, mechanisms ... #Stages #Orthopedics ... #msk #Staging #