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THREE TYPES OF FRACTURES
TRAMATUIC
PATHOLOGIC
STRESS
D TRAMATUIC FRACTURES
NORAML BONE WITH ABONRMOAL LOAD EX. CAR CRASH
D PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE
ABNORMAL BONE, NORMAL L OAD
D STRESS FRACTURE
NORMAL BONE, NORMAL LOAD BUT ABONRMAL FREQUENCY OF LOADING

OVERUSE
WHAT DO OSTEOCLASTS DO
DECREASE PH THEREFORE MAKING HYDROXYAPAPTIE SOLUBLE

BREAK DOWN BONE
WHAT DO OSTOBLASTS DO
THEY LAY DOWN OSTEIOD AND CAUSE MINERALIZAITON OF BONE
D WOLF LAW 1892
BONE ADAPTS AND RESPONDS TO SRESS

Alterations in shape of bone
Change in inner structure of bone
Change in distribution of matrix
REMODELING OF BONE IS CAUSED BY
STRESS( FORCE) AND STRAIN (DEFORMATION)

Gravitational forces
Impact
Muscle pull
Muscle fatigue
BONE ADAPTATION DEPENDS ON
Number of loading cycles
Frequency of loading
Amount of strain
Strain rate
Strain duration per cycle
Stress and Strain produce distortion in cell membranes with resultant
changes in electrical potentials
Convexity has positive charge and leads to
resorption
Concavity has negative charge and leads to
deposition
BONE GROWTH HORMONES
INUSLIN
THYROXIN
SOMATOMEDIN
STRESS FRACTURES HAPPEN WHEN
REMODELING IS OUTPACED BY FATIGUE

DUE TO FREQENT REPITITION OF NORMAL LOADS
STRESS FRACTURES MOST COMMON IN
LOWER EXTREMITY
D FEMALE ATHLETE TRIAD
ABONRAML MENSES

DISORDER EATING

BONE LOSS/STRESS FRACUTRES

THIS IS MORE OF A NUTRITIONAL THAN OVERUSE DISEASE
STRESS FRACTURES ARE CHARACTERIZED BY
PAIN DURING LOADING. IT IS TENDOR TO TOUCH.
ABNORMAL MENSES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH
AN ABNORMAL BONE DENSITY
D OSTEOPESROSIS
decrease in bone mass, bone density 2.5 standard deviations below the peak of a 25 y.o.
D OSTEOPENIA
decrease in bone mass, between 1 and 2.5 standard deviations below the peak bone density of a 25 y.o.
T/F 26 PERCENT OF REGULARLY MENSTRUATING EXCERCISING WOMEN HAVE OSTEOPENIA
T
WHAT DOES A PATHOLOGIC FRACURE HISTORY LOOK LIKE
-HISTORY OF LOW GRADE ACHING
-SUDDEN ONSET OF PAIN
-LOW ENERGY INJURY
CAUSES PATHOLOGIC BONE
Osteomalacia-metabolic
Osteoporosis/osteopenia
Primary tumor
Metastatic tumor
Bone cysts
Infection
METASTIC TUMORS ARE MOSTLY COMMONLY FOUND IN
BONE
METASTATIC TURMORS ARE USUALLY FROM
BREAST, PROSTATE, RENAL, THROID LUNG
COMMON BONES SITES TO WHICH CANCER METASTESTIZES
VERTEBRAE, PELVIS, FEMUR, HUMERUS
MOST COMMON TUMOR ORIGINATING IN BONE IS
Multiple Myeloma
Oxygen + immobilization ->
bone (union)
Oxygen + motion ->
fibrous tissue (non-union)
No oxygen + motion ->
cartilage (non-union)
NO BLOOD =
NO BONE
STAGES FRACTURE HEALING
1st week: Clot and inflammatory response

2nd week: Collagen & Proteoglycan synthesis, Osteoblast differentiation

3rd to 6th week: Mineralization (callus)

6th week to one year: Remodeling
F FIBROCARTILAGINOUS CALLUS
SCAFFOLD FOR MINERALIZATION

REMODELS AS A RESULT OF STRESS AND STRAINS
PHYSICAL LOADS PRODUCE
ELECTRICAL AND CHEMICAL CHANGES IN BONE
D MALUNION
A FRACTURE THAT HAS HEALED BUT IN AN ABNORMAL POSITION, EITHER ANGULATED, ROTATED, OR SHORTENED SIGNIFICANTLY.
D NONUNION
YOU WILL SEE CARTILAGE WHERE BONE HAS NOT HEALED. PT WOULD HAVE PAIN.
FRACTURE LOCATIONS CAN BE DESCRIBES AS
Intra-articular
Epiphyseal
Metaphyseal
Diaphyseal
D PHYSEAL FRACTURES
FRACTUERS AT GROWTH PLATE. CHILDREN ONLY
FRACTURE PATTERN TYPES
Transverse-HORIZONTAL
Oblique-ANGLED
Spiral-VERY ANGLED
Compression-FROM COMPRESSED BONE
D COMMUNITION
PIECES=EX. LOTS OF PIECES IN BROKEN BONE

REFLECTS ENERGY OF INJURY
D OPEN FRACTURE (VS. CLOSED FRACTURE)
BREAKS THROUGH SKIN
WHAT TO CONSIDER WITH OPEN FRACTURES
SIZE OF WOUND?
CONTAMINATED ENV?
PROTRUDING BONE?
TIME SINCE INJURY?
OPEN FRACTURES CAN CAUSE
OSTEOMYELITIS=BONE INFECTION!
ALWAYS GIVE SOMEONE WITH AN OPEN FRACTURE A
TETANUS SHOT
HOW TO DESCRIBE FRACTUE ALIGNMENT
ALIGNED
DISPLACED

IF DISPLACED, IS IT ANGULATED OR TRANSLATED?
Always report the position of 
the ------ relative 
to the ------when describing
displacement
DISTAL FRAGMENT

PROXIMAL FRAGMENT
D VALGUS KNEE
the distal side of the joint is displaced away from the midline

VALGUS TERM IS USED TO DESCRIBE ALIGNMENT
D COMPARTMENT SYNDROME
Increased pressure in an osseofascial compartment resulting in ischemia of nerve and muscle

Increased local tissue pressure -> increased venous pressure
Increased venous pressure -> decreased AV gradient
Decreased AV gradient -> decreased capillary blood flow to tissues = ischemia results
PRESENTATION ACUTE COMPARTMENT SYNDROME
Swelling and tightness
PAIN - out of proportion
Pain with passive stretch of involved muscles
Hypesthesia in skin supplied by nerve in compartment
Weakness of involved muscles
Acute Compartment Syndrome
LATE Symptoms and Signs
Pulses - gone
Pallor - limb is pale
Phrio - limb is cool

MUSCLES IRRIVERSIBLY DAMAGED MOST LIEKLY
DX COMPARTMENT SYNDROME
High index of suspicion ( energy of injury)
Symptoms and Signs
(Compartmental pressure measurements)
TX COMPARTMENT SYNDROME
RELEAVE VENOUS PRESSURE:
Limb at heart level
Remove or loosen circumferential dressings

Definitive treatment:
Operative release ( fasciotomy)
WHAT ARE 2 ORTHOPEDIC EMERGENCIES?
Compartment syndrome

Back pain with bowel or bladder changes
FRACTURE DESCRIPTION MUST INCLUDE
Fracture description: bone, location, alignment, pattern, open or closed