Ortho Flashcards
Biggest risk factor for adhesive capsulitis?
Diabetes
Causes of Dupuytrens?
manual labour
phenytoin treatment
alcoholic liver disease
diabetes mellitus
trauma to the hand
Ottawa ankle rules
An ankle x-ray is required only if there is any pain in the malleolar zone and any one of the following findings:
bony tenderness at the lateral malleolar zone (from the tip of the lateral malleolus to include the lower 6 cm of posterior border of the fibular)
bony tenderness at the medial malleolar zone (from the tip of the medial malleolus to the lower 6 cm of the posterior border of the tibia)
-inability to walk four weight-bearing steps immediately after the injury and in the emergency department
Rx of scaphoid fractures?
Undisplaced scaphoid waist = plaster cast
Proximal scaphoid pole or displaced scaphoid waist = surgery
Which ligament in ankle most commonly sprained?
Anterior talofibulae ligament
Bone infection in child with sickle cell?
Non typhi salmonella
Subcapital NOF
Intracapsular = hemi