Ortho Flashcards
Most common salter harris
type 2
worse salter harris
type 5 (as number goes up the potential for growth problems goes up)
child abuse fractures
long bone fractures spiral fractures (except tibia) posterior ribs bucket handle fractures corner fracture lateral parietal skull fracture
osteogenesis imperfecta
blue sclera
posterior shoulder dislocation
seizure, lightning, elecrocuted
lightbulb sign
nerve need to be checked out
shoulder dislocation- axilary
humerus fracture -radial (wrist drop)
most common arm fracture in kids and adults
kids- supracondylar humeral fracture (FOOSH)
adults- distal radial
ankylosing spondylitis
bamboo spine sacro ilitis at start mornign stiffness that gets better as move can get iritis hla b27
cauda equina
most common cause is herniated central disc (central cause bilateral)
incontince, saddle parathesias, sexual dysfucntion
post void residual- one way to check
ankle reflexes
achilles s1 (tibial) bicep- c5 (musculocutaneous) brachioradialis c6 (radial) tricep c7 (radial) patellar L4 (femoral) dorsiflection L5 (tibial)
spinal stenosis
lumbar most common
cervical more serious
jefferson fracture
fracture of c1
menumonic for unstable fracture
jefferson bit (bifacet dislocatoin) a (any fracture w/ dislocation) hangmans (c2 fracture) tit (teardrop fracture)
central cord syndrome
upper extremity weakness > then lower extremity
elderly women w/ fall and ligamentum flavum pinches cord
anterior cord
pain and temp out
still have vibration and proprioception
posterior cord
syphillis
b12 vitamin deficiency
propioception and vibration out
brown sequard
penetrating trauma usually
ipsilateral paralysis
contralateral sensory
scfe tx
x ray- melted ice cone
pinn it