Most Commons Findings Master List Flashcards
Most common atlas (C1) fracture?
Posterior Arch
MC axis (C2) fracture?
Type II dens
MC type of ondontoid fracture
Type II - through lower half of dens
MC location for cervical wedge compression fracture?
C5-C7
MC region for burst fracture in cervical spine?
C5-7
MC region for articular pillar fracture in cervical spine?
C4-C7
MC location for Clay Shoveler’s fracture?
C7
MC location for facet dislocation in cervical spine?
C4-C7
Demographic that is MC to get compression fracture in thoracic spine? MC location?
- Elderly
- T11-T12
MC location for fracture dislocation in thoracic spine?
T4-T7
MC location for compression fracture or fracture dislocation in lumbar spine?
T12-L2 (TL junction)
Second MC fracture of the lumbar spine? (Location?)
Transverse process fracture (usually L2-3)
MC pelvic fracture?
Malgaines fracture
MC acetabular fracture?
Central acetabular fracture aka protrusio acetabuli
MC unstable pelvic fracture?
Straddle fracture
MC Intracapsular hip fracture location?
Subcapital (junction of femoral head and neck)
MC hip dislocation?
Posterior
MC location of proximal tibia: tibial plateau fracture? (MC demographic?)
Lateral (elderly and osteoporotic)
MC SALTER HARRIS classification for epiphysis injuries?
Type II - fracture through physis (growth plate) and metaphysis
MC tarsal bone fracture?
Calcaneus
MC location of stress fractures in the metatarsals?
Necks of the 2nd/3rd metatarsals
MC location of clavicle fracture?
Middle 1/3rd
MC glenohumeral dislocation?
Anterior
MC elbow fracture in adults?
Radial head & neck
MC elbow fracture in children?
Supracondylar
MC wrist fracture in elderly?
Colles fracture (distal radius fracture)
MC wrist fracture in adults?
Scaphoid
Most common wrist fracture in children?
Torus
MC fractured carpal bone?
Scaphoid
MC carpal instability?
Scapholunate dislocation
MC location for AVN of scaphoid bone?
Proximal portion
Second MC fractured carpal bones?
Triquetrum
