MSK Crack the Core Flashcards
Healing time for bones (general)
6-8 weeks
Slowest and fastest bones to heal?
slowest: tibia (3 months)
fastest: phalanges (3 weeks)
which band of scapholunate ligament is most important for carpal stability
dorsal
which band of lunotriquetal ligament is most important for carpal stability?
volar
from least to most severe, what are the types of carpal dislocations?
1) Scapholunate dissociation
2) perilunate dislocation
3) midcarpal dislocation
4) lunate dislocation
Space of poirier
ligament free area in the wrist; between the greater and lesser arc
DISI
dorsal intercalated segmental instability; occurs after radial sided injury and the lunate tends to rock dorsally; more common than VISI
VISI
volar intercalated segmental instability; occurs from ulnar sided injury (lunotriquetral side); disruption of T-L ligment –> lunate gets ripped volar with the scaphoid
what tendon’s causes dorsolateral dislocation in a Bennett Fracture?
abductor pollicis longus (APL)
What is a Stener lesion?
when the adductor pollicis tendon gets caught in torn edges of the ulnar collateral ligament in the setting of an avulsion fracture of the UCL at the base of the proximal 1st phalanx (Gamekeeper’s or skier’s thumb)
Colles Fracture
fracture of distal radius with dorsal angulation; ulnar styloid commonly associated; old ladies
Smith Fracture
fracture of distal radius with volar angulation; ulnar styloid commonly associated; younger patient
Barton Fracture
radial rim fracture; volar or dorsal but volar is more common; radial-carpal dislocation is hallmark; typically surgical
What tendon is associated with the TFCC?
extensor carpi ulnaris (compartment 6)
Monteggia fracture
proximal ulnar fx with anterior radial head dislocation
galeazzi fracture
radial shaft fx with dislocation of ulnar at the DRUJ
Essex-Lopresti
radial head fracture and anterior dislocation with anterior dislocation of the distal radial ulnar joint (DRUJ); unstable; with rupture of interosseous membrane
most common causes of cubital tunnel syndrom
1) repetitive valgus stress
2) accessory anconeus epitrochlearis (on medial side)
what is Osborne’s ligament
aka epicondylo-olecranon ligament; the site where the ulnar nerve passes beneath the cubital tunnel retinaculum
tillaux fracture
salter harris 3 fracture of distal tibial epiphysis in the anterolateral aspect; occurs in adolescents because the distal tibial growth plate closes from medial to lateral
High risk stress fractures
lateral femoral neck; anterior tibial; 5th metatarsal; transverse patellar; navicular; sesamoids of great toe
talus
Low risk stress fractures
medial femoral neck; posteromedial tibia; 2nd and 3rd metatarsals; calcaneus; longitudinal patellar
Kohler’s disease
osteonecrosis of navicular; more common in boys; tx is not surgical
Freiberg’s disease
AVN of head of 2nd metatarsal - more common in girls
Sever’s disease
osteonecrosis of the calcaneal apophysis
Panner’s disease
osteonecrosis of the capitellum; kids 5-10; no loose bodies
Scheuermann’s disease
osteonecrosis of the thoracic spine, resulting in kyphosis (3 adjacent levels with wedging + thoracic kyphosis of > 40 degrees)
dequervain’s tenosynovitis
inflammation of the 1st extensor compartment - extensor pollicis brevis and abductor pollicis longus