fractures and bone radiology Flashcards
comminuted
type of simple fracture- >line, >2 pieces
simple
simple- one line cuts bone to 2 pieces
Open (compound) fractures
skin is violated by broken bone ends or by external trauma, increasing contaimination risk
how to take care of open fractures
sterile dressing (saline not betadine)
splint
tetanus and IV abx prophylaxis
surgical emergency- irr & debride
transverse fracture pattern
tension
oblique fracture pattern
compression
spiral fracture pattern
torque
butterfly fracture pattern
bending (center fragment is triangular shaped)
valgus
distal part is deviated laterally–>fibula
Healing
produces healthy tissue that is identical to the original instead of the scar
- inflammatory: 0-2 weeks
- reparative: 2-12 weeks
- remodeling
inflammatory phase
hematoma and acute inflammation response to dead bone by surrounding the peri/endosteum
reparative phase
organized hematoma–>mesenchymal precursors from periosteum and endosteum–>callus (fibrous, cartilage, immature bone)–>collagen increases–>Ca hydroxyapatite deposits
callous engulfs bone ends–>union
remodeling phase
balance of osteoclast and osteoblast activity
TGF beta
transforming growth factor that promotes proliferation and differentiation of mesenchymal precursors to osteoblasts, osteoclasts, and chondrocytes–>endochondral and intramembranous bone growth–> synthesis of cartilage specific proteoglycans and collagen type II–>collagen synthesis by osteoblasts
BMPs
dimeric ligands that seem to stimulate cartilage growth
crucial in all 3 healing steps as well as secondary effects (regulate HPsis, increase ECM synthesis, and cell survial and death)
BMP3
mesenchyme differentiation to bone
BMP 2 and 7
endochondrial bone formation (ossification) in segmental defects