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28 Cards in this Set
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Aviator's fracture
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Vertical fracture of neck of talus with subtalar dislocation and backward displacement of the body.
From forced dorsiflexion. |
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Barton's fracture
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Intraarticular fracture-dislocation of the wrist. Complicated and unstable.
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Dorsal Barton's fracture
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Oblique intraarticular fracture of dorsal rim of distal radius with displacement of the carpus along the fracture fragment
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Volar Barton's fracture
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Wedge-shaped articular fragment sheared off of volar surface of radius, displaced volarly. Rare.
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Bennett's fracture
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Oblique fracture through base of first metacarpal with dislocation of radial portion of the articular surface. From direct force to end of metacarpal. Tenderness along medial base of thumb.
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Boxer's fracture
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Fracture of neck of 4th or 5th metacarpal, from punching fixed object.
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Bosworth's Fracture
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Fracture/dislocation of ankle, fibula becomes trapped behind tibia. Rare. External rotation force to foot.
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Chauffer's fracture
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Solitary fracture of radial styloid. From ulnar deviation and supination
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Chance's fracture
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Vertebral, usually lumbar, involving posterior spinous process, pedicles, and vertebral body. From flexion and distraction (lab seatbelt)
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Clay shoveler's fracture
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Fracture of tip of spinous process of C6 or 7.
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Colles' fracture
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Fracture of distal radius with dorsal displacement and volar angulation, with or without ulnar styloid fracture. silver fork. from foosh. place in sugar tong
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Cotton's fracture
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Trimalleolar - lateral, posterior, and medial (or disruption of deltoid ligament), with visible widening of mortise
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Dupuyten's fracture
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Fracture-dislocation of the ankle. Similar mechanism as Maisonneuve (ext rotation), with deltoid ligament rupture or medial mal fracture, diastasis of inferior tib-fib joint and indirect fracture of fibular shaft
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Essex-Lopresti
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Fracture of radial head with dislocation of distal radioulnar joint.
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Lisfranc fracture
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Fracture located around the tarsometatarsal (Lisfranc) joint, usually with disloaction of this joint.
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Name the fracture
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Radial fracture with distal radioulnar dislocation
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Name the fracture
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Monteggia fracture-dislocation: proximal ulnar fracture with proximal radial dislocation
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ORIF, then closed reduction of radial head. Children may be done closed.
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name the fracture
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Nightstick fracture
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If nondisplaced - immobilization in long-arm cast. IF displaced, ORIF
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Signs of flexor tenosynovitis
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Kanavel's signs:
Finger in slight flexion, symmetric swelling, tenderness along flexor tendon sheath, pain with passive extension |
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Triquetrum fracture
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Volar splint
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Lunate fracture
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Tenderness over middorsum of wrist, increased by axial load on 3rd digit. If x-ray normal, treat anyway with thumb spica cast
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Lunate dislocation - consequences, x-ray findings
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May cause acute carpal tunnel syndrome. Piece of pie shape, spilled teacup
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Scapholunate dislocation
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Pain with hyperextension. Scaphoid is foreshortened and has "signet ring" sign, widening of scapholunate distance (Terry Thomas). Place in radial gutter or posterior mold
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Boxer's fracture
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Metacarpal neck fracture of 4th/5th digit. Up to 20 and 40 degrees angulation is acceptable
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Name the fracture
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Colles
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Smith's fracture
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Transverse fracture of distal radial metaphysis with VOLAR displacement of distal segment.
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Name the fracture
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Smith's fracture
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Name the fracture
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Smith's fracture
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