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Fracture biomechanics and classification Flashcards

1
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What are the forces that must be neutralized for a fracture to heal?

A
  1. bending
  2. torsion
  3. compression
  4. tensino
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2
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What determines what forces predominate at a fracture site?

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  1. geometry of fracture

2. location of muscle groups

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3
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Compression is good for what type of fracture and bad for what other type of fracture?

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  1. good for transverse fracture to reduce motion

2. bad for oblique fracture because fragments shear past

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4
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How are fractures classified?

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  1. extent of soft tissue
  2. degree of cortical disruption
  3. geometry
  4. location in bone
  5. degree and direction of displacement
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5
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What does bending cause?

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agnulation

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6
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What happens to the bone with bending?

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  1. one side is being compressed (concave) and one side is has tension (convex)
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7
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Where is the neutral axis of a bone?

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usually in the centre of the medullary canal and is where there is neither tension nor compression

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8
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What happens if you fix a bone with something that runs down the neutral axis?

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the apparatus will be subjected to less bending force than something running down the outside of the bone

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9
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What does torsion cause?

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rotation

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10
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What is torsion

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the tendency for a bone or its pieces to twist around long axis

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11
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Where does compressino act?

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along the long axis of bone and moves ends of bone twoard eachother

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12
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What happens if compression is applied to an oblique fracture?

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there is overriding–>shear

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13
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What does tension cause?

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distraction/avulsion fractures of apophyses (olecranon and calcaneus)

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14
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What control do casts and splints provide?

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  1. bending

2. ok torsion

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What control do wires provide

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  1. good tension

no others

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16
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What control do intramedullary pins provide?

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  1. good bending

no others

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17
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What control do interlocking nails provide

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  1. bending
  2. tension
  3. torsion
  4. compression
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18
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What control do external skeletal fixation provide?

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  1. bending
  2. tension–but rare use for this
  3. torsion
  4. compression
19
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What control do bone plates provide?

A

good control of all but

weakest in combined compression and bending

20
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What control do bone plates provide?

A

good control of all but

weakest in combined compression and bending

21
Q

When does a bone fracture?

A

when the magnitude of the force placed upon it at a specific site exceeds its ability to resist the force without deforming permanently

22
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What is a closed fracture?

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no wound connecting bone to outside world

23
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What is an open fracture

A

there is a connection with open world

24
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What is a greenstick gracture

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bending or folding fracture. the cortex doesn’t actually break all the way through but bones deforms

25
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What is a fissure?

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it is a crack and only involves one cortex and is usually longitudinally oriented

26
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What is a saucer?

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a divot that gets taken out of one cortex (e.g. horse 3rd metacarpal)

27
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what is a complete fracture?

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both cortices are disrupted

28
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What is a depression

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e.g. in skull

29
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What is a transverse fracture?

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A fracture perpendicular to long axis of bone

Torsion is a big problem, compression good

30
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What is an oblique fracture?

A

short or long.

31
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What are the two types of oblique fracutre?

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short and long (long is more than twice the diameer of the bone

32
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What is a big problem with oblique fractures?

A

shearing

33
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What is a spiral fracture

A

a spiral, shearing also a problem

34
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What are types of comminuted fractures?

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  1. butterfly
  2. highly comminuted
  3. segmental
  4. multiple fracture
35
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What two things determine if a fracture is simple or highly comminuted?

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  1. the magnitude of the force and the speed of the force
36
Q

What does it mean that bone is a viscoelastic force?

A

it means that its deformation properties depend on loading rate

37
Q

Distinguish bone breaking between slow and fast application of force?

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  1. slow application: less force before bone bends and breaks
  2. fast application: more energy absorbed, but more energy so shatters–more concomitant soft tissue damage (high energy)
38
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Where can fractures be located?

A
  1. articular
  2. physeal
  3. metaphyseal
  4. diaphyseal (proximal, middle or distal third)
  5. condylar/suparcondylar/subtronchanteric
39
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Where can fractures be located?

A
  1. articular
  2. physeal
  3. metaphyseal
  4. diaphyseal (proximal, middle or distal third)
  5. condylar/suparcondylar/subtronchanteric
40
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What are to ways you can describe displacement with regard to fracture?

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  1. displaced

2. non-displaced–suggests intact periosteal sleeve

41
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How do you describe displacement?

A

by referring to the distal fragment location relative to proximal

42
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How can you describe the angle made by fragments?

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describe what way the vertex of the angle is pointing

43
Q

What are 4 causes of fracture?

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  1. traumatic
  2. pathologic
  3. fatigue
  4. iatrogenic
44
Q

why do we care about fracture classification?

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  1. strong influence on how will heal

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