Childrens fractures

Question 1

colour of fracture on xray

Answer 1

black line usually

Question 2

what happens to the growth plate as you get older

Answer 2

it fuses

Question 3

difference between child and dult bone

Answer 3

less dense, less calcium, less stiff, more porous ; capillary channels

Question 4

which bends easier adult or child bone

Answer 4

child

Question 5

what part of the child bone is prone to injury

Answer 5

physis; growth plate

Question 6

advantage of child bone

Answer 6

heals faster and remodels
absorb a lot of energy before they fail

Question 7

what helps fractures heal

Answer 7

the periosteum as it releases special cells which help the damage

Question 8

what surrounds bone

Answer 8

periosteum

Question 9

in kids; what is more stronger than bone

Answer 9

ligaments and tendons

Question 10

area of weakness

Answer 10

where metaphysis meets physis

Question 11

green stick fracture

Answer 11

crack on one side and bend on the other ; like a stick
bends enough to crack on one side

Question 12

buckle fracture

Answer 12

compression fracture caused by sudden pressure on a bone

Question 13

plastic deformation

Answer 13

minor bend
deformation of the bone without fracture
doesnt often need help

Question 14

salter harris classification

Answer 14

1- Straight through physis
2- Through physis and takes a chunk of metaphysis with it
3- Into physis and exits in epiphysis
4- Sheers straight through physis and metaphysis
5. Crush injury to growth plate

Question 15

can you see the joint in childs elbow on scan

Answer 15

no as it is not ossified

Question 16

critol

Answer 16

chronlogical order of ossification
capitellum
radial head
internal epicondyle
trochlea
olceranon
external epicondyle

Question 17

titanium elastic nails

Answer 17

can do in kids not adults
bendy nails made of titanium
used for forearm fractures

Question 18

supracondylar fractures

Answer 18

humerus broken near elbow area just above joint

Question 19

gartland classification

Answer 19

type 1 non displaced
type 2 a intact posterior cortex , hinged in extension no rotation or translation
type 2b; intact posterior cortex , hinged in extension with some degree of rotational displacement or translation
type 3 complete displacement

Question 20

fat pad

Answer 20

normal pads surroudning elbow become raised due to blood in joint which pushes the fat out

Question 21

when is a fat pad abnormal

Answer 21

if its posterior ; has a sail sign

Question 22

order of bone in child

Answer 22

diaphysis
metaphysis
physis growth plate
epiphysis