Pediatric Orthopaedics - Trombino Flashcards
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What are a few risk factors for developmental hip dysplasia?
First born
Girls = 80%
Breech birth
Torticollis (tilting of the head in newborns)
What is the Galeazzi test?
Late diagnosis test of development hip dysplasia
-Apparent leg length discrepancy, seen when infants ankles are bent to the buttocks and the knees are at different heights
What is the name of the harness used for infants with developmental hip dysplasia?
Pavlik harness
What abnormalities do you look for on radiographs that would indicate hip dysplasia?
Disruption Shenton’s line
Increased acetabular angle
What is the name of the harness used for infants with developmental hip dysplasia?
Pavlik harness
What abnormalities do you look for on radiographs that would indicate hip dysplasia?
Disruption Shenton’s line
Increased acetabular angle
What reduction maneuver is done to examine a baby’s hip?
Ortolani - reduction
Barlow - dislocation
What is Perthe’s Hip?
Head of the femur looses blood supply and can fragment
What is slipped capital femoral epipysis?
a fracture through the epiphysis (the growth plate), which results in slippage of the overlying epiphysis.
Treat this ASAP!
What is intoeing and outtoeing?
Whether your foot is rotated internally or externally
Its possible that it could be indicative of a serious condition
What are the common themes of physiologic bowing in toddler legs?
eary walkes
Family history
Agile walkers
Usually bilateral
Usually just allow for spontaneous correction to occur
