ANKLE AND PILON FXS

Question 1

Lauge Hansen plays an important role in?

Answer 1

closed reduction

Question 2

which is least likely to cause syndemostic disruption?

Answer 2

Danis weber A

Question 3

the only type of the 5 basic patterns of injury that has syndesmotic disruption is PER?

T/F

Answer 3

false

Question 4

most common type and occurs about 60% of time of the 5 basic patterns of injury?

Answer 4

SER

Question 5

how to clinically diagnose syndesmotic disruption?

Answer 5

gravity stress exam

Question 6

which causes vertical medial Mal fracture?

Answer 6

supination adduction

Question 7

which does/doesnt show a Maisonneuve fx?

Answer 7

PER

Question 8

if volkmann fx is >25% tibial plafond, what should be performed?

Answer 8

ORIF

Question 9

this injury of what structure occurs that supports stability and is weight bearing?

Answer 9

syndesmotic injury

Question 10

how do you determine if instability is present?

when do you perform the manual stress test?

Answer 10

manual stress test
cotton hook test
rotation test

after you have fixed the other indicated components of the fx