lower extremity Fx classification and surgical HY Flashcards
Posterior hip dislocation
Thompson & Epstein
- insignificant posterior wall fragment
- single large posterior wall fragment
- comminuted posterior wall fragment
- Fracture of acetabular floor
- Fracture of femoral head
Anterior hip dislocation
Epstein
- Superior dislocation
- inferior dislocation
a. nofracture
b. assoc fx or impaction of femoral head
c. assoc fx of acetabulum
femoral neck fx
garden
- nondisplaced, incomplete
- nondisplaced, complete
- complete with partial displacement
- completely displaced, trabecular patttern/parallel
subroch hip fx
Russel-Taylor
- fx with an intact piriformis fossa
1a. lesser troch is attached to prox fragment
1b. lesser troch is detached from prox fragmet - fx extens into piriformis fossa
2a. stable medial construct (posteromedial cortex)
2b. comminution of piriformis fossa & lesser troch
Femoral shaft fx
Winquist & Hansen
- minimal/no comminution
- cortices of both fragments >50% intact
- 50-100% cortical comminution
- circumferential comminutin w/ no cortical contact
femoral head fx
Pipkin
- inferior femoral head fx
- femoral head fx superior to fovea capitis
- Type 1 or 2 w/ assoc. femoral neck fx
- type 1 or 2 w/ assoc. acetabular wall fx
intertroch fx
Evans
- stable, posteromedial cortex intact
- unstable, comminution of post/med cortex
- reverse obliquity, unstable
periprosthetic hip fx
Vancouver
A. Fx in trochanteric, AG(gr troch), AL (lesser troch)
B. Fx around or distal to stem, B1-stable, B2-unstable (loose stem)
C. Well below stem
Pilon fx
Ruedi & Allgower
- nondisplaced fx
- displaced fx w/ minimal impaction
- displaced fx w/ articular comminution & metaphyseal impaction
tibial plateau fx
Schatzker
- Lateral plateau, split fx
- lateral plateau, split depressed fx
- lateral plateau, depressed fx
- medial plateau fx
- bicondyler plateau fx
- plateau fx w/ separation of metaphysis>diaphysis
ankle fx by mechanism
Lauge-Hansen
Supination-Adduction (SA)15%/vertical med mal fx
supination-external rot (SER) 70%/ spiral fib fx AI>PS
Pronation-abduction (PA) 10%/high transverse fib fx
Pronation-external rot (PER) 10%/spiral fib fx AS>PI
Ankle fx by fibula fx location
Weber
A. Fibula fx below level of tibial plafond
B. Fibula fx beginning at level of syndesmosis
C. Fibula fx above syndesmosis, assoc. w/ maisoneuve
Talar neck fx
Hawkins
- nondisplaced fx (15% AVN)
- subtalar dislocation (25-50%)
- Subtalar & ankle dislocatin (50-100%AVN)
- Type 3 + talonavicular dislocation (100%AVN)
calcaneus fx
Sanders
- nondisplaced fx
- 2-part fx, subtkypes A,B,C = lateral, middle, medial
- 3-part fx w/ central depressed, subtype AB, AC, BC
Pelvic fx lateral compression
Young&Burgess
Lateral compression (LC)-transverse puic rami fx + :
1. sacral compression fx
2. iliac wing fx (on side of impact)
3. LC-1 or LC-2, contralateral open book (APC) injury