Fractures Flashcards
Name the common fractures
Ankle Tibial shaft Tibial plateau Femoral shaft Pelvic
How does ankle fractures occur
Inversion injury with a rotational force applied to foot
What do you use in ankle fractures to classify?
Talar shift
A - stable
C - unstable
B - CHEKC deltoid to find out
Management of ankle fractures
Conservative : cast or moon boot ( stable_
Operavbie : open reduction internal fixation (unstable)
Types of tibial shaft fractures
Spiral, transverse, oblique, comminuted
What’s the biggest risk of tibial shaft fractures
COMPARTMENT SYNDROME
Management of tibial shaft fractures
Conservative: above knee cast
Operative : ORIF
Management of femoral shaft fractures
Thomas splint
IM nail, plate fixation, ORIF
High energetic injuries in young, low in old
Risk of NV injury
Tibial plateau fracture
Management of tibial plateau fracture
Above knee cast
ORIF, external fixator, delayed total knee replacement
Common upper limb fractures
Distal radius fractures Forearm fractures Olecranon fractures Humeral shafts fractures Proximal humeral fractures
How does distal radius fracture common
FOOSH
Can be colles or smith / Barton’s
Mx of distal radius fractures
Cast / split
ORIF
What’s unusual about forearm fractures
Radius and ulna connected with proximal and distal radiounlar = ie a ring
Types of forearm fractures
Monteggia, Galezzi and nightstick fractures