Fractures

Question 1

Monteggia fracture

Answer 1

Fracture of ulnar shaft with dislocation of radial head at elbow

Question 2

Galeazzi fracture

Answer 2

Fracture of radial shaft with displacement of ulnar from radioulnar joint

Question 3

Buckle fracture

Answer 3

Bend in one side and a break in the other

Happens in greenstick

Question 4

Salter-Harris

Answer 4

Involves the growth plate of the infused skeleton

Question 5

Tuft fracture

Answer 5

Involves the tip of distal phalanx

Question 6

Bennet’s fracture

Answer 6

Fracture of base of thumb from forced abduction of first metacarpal

Question 7

Osteogenesis imperfecta

Answer 7

TY1 collagen deficit in bone, blue eyes

Question 8

Boxers fracture

Answer 8

Balance between stiffness and deformity
Metacarpal fracture
Check for rotational injury, scissoring indicates rotational abnormality

Question 9

What is a Pilon fracture

Answer 9

Tibial articular surface is involved

Question 10

What factors contribute to non and malunion

Answer 10

Lack of blood supply
Lack of stability
Infection 
Immunocompromised 
Frailty
Immobility