Orthopedic 🦴 Flashcards
A case of open fracture:
First step : […]
Definitive : […]
Initial: IV antibiotics & debridement
Definitive: Open reduction & fixation
.. open fx = open reduction ..
Supracondylar fracture, pink & warm extremity
Urgent reduction & K-wire fixation
Supracondylar fracture, pale & cold extremity
Surgical exploration
Lower limb closed fracture in adults.
Managed by […]
Close reduction & IM fixation
Lower limb closed fracture in pediatrics.
Managed by […]
<6 mo: pavlik harness
6m-6yr: Hip spica
>6 yr: ORIF
Pelvic fracture is stabilized with […] IVF and […] application
Ringer lactate
Pelvic binder
Most common shoulder dislocation is […]
Anterior
In Epilepsy posterior
Most common hip dislocation is […]
Posterior
Compartment syndrome has an intracomoartment pressure of […] mmHg
> 40
Common after orthopedics surgery
Mimics pulmonary embolism but may has CNS symptoms and Petechial rash
Fat embolism
Adolescent obese male present with left hip pain. Cant bear weight. Hip is slightly flexed and externally rotated.
Diagnosis: […]
SCFE
Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis
Child present with hip and groin pain. US revealed hip joint effusion, Afebrile.
Diagnosis: […]
Toxic synovitis
Snuff-box tenderness
Scaphoid
Wrist drop
Radial nerve
Adduct / Abduct fingers
Ulnar nerve