Dislocation

Question 1

what is the mechanism of injury

Answer 1

fall on outstretched hand

violent hyperextension

Question 2

what are the 5 different classification

Answer 2

• posterior
• anterior
• medial
• lateral
• divergent

Question 3

what is a posterior dislocation

Answer 3

forearm bones go behind the arm

Question 4

what is an anterior dislocation

Answer 4

forearm bones go infront of the arm

Question 5

what is a medial dislocation

Answer 5

forearm bones go inwards relative to the arm

Question 6

what is lateral dislocation

Answer 6

forearm bones go outward relative to the arm

Question 7

what is a divergent dislocation

Answer 7

forearm bones go in opposite directions relative to the arm

Question 8

which classification is most serious

Answer 8

posterior

Question 9

why would to take an x-ray

Answer 9

to exclude fracture, often associated with fracture of the coronoid process or radial head

Question 10

what are the symptoms

Answer 10

pain - injured person holds hand or forearm on injured side

Question 11

what are the signs

Answer 11

swelling,
elbow area appears to have widened
-deformity

Question 12

what management would take place

Answer 12

-reduction
-cast or brace
-flexibility/mobility
-strengthening exercises
-proprioception
surgery

Question 13

what complications may occur

Answer 13

• vascular injury to the brachial artery
• nerve injury
• elbow stiffness
• heterotopic ossification