EM Ortho 9: Most Commons, part 2 Flashcards
Reference: Tintinalli Emergency Medicine A Comprehensive Guide, 9th ed
most common fracture about the elbow in children
supracondylar fracture
most serious complication of supraconndylar fracture
compartment syndrome of forearm
“Volkmann’s ischemic contracture”
most common fracture of the elbow
radial head fracture
most common location of clavicular fracture
middle 1/3
most common scapular fracture
fracture of the body and glenoid neck
most common glenohumeral joint dislocation
anterior
m/c: subcoracoid
*most commonly injured nerve: axillary nerve
*most effective way to relieve pain in glenohumeral dislocation: rapidly reduce the dislocation
most commonly injured nerve in proximal humerus fracture
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1st: axillary nerve
2nd: suprascapular nerve
*m/c vascular injury: axillary artery injury
most common fracture of proximal humerus fracture
surgical neck and greater tuberosity
most common nerve injury in humeral shaft fracture
radial nerve
m/c site: middle 1/3
most common form of plexus injury
traumatic brachial plexus lesion
most common pelvic injuries in children
avulsion-type iliac wing fracture
most clinically useful classification for pelvic fracture patterns
Young-Burgess Pelvis Fracture Classificataion
most common pelvic fracture pattern
Lateral compression fracture
most common source of bleeding in pelvic fracture
venous
most common arteries involved in pelvic fracture
superior gluteal and obturator artery
