Pestana Orthopedics Flashcards
A newborn has uneven gluteal folds and hips that click when pushed posteriorly? Tests? Treatment?
Congenital hip dysplaisa. Sonogram. Abduction splinting with Pavik harness for 6 months.
A 6 year old presents with limping, decreased hip motion, and pain in the knee and hip? Tests? Treatment?
Legg-Calve-Perthes - avascular necrosis of femoral epiphysis = osteonecrosis. AP and lateral hip Xray. Casting and crutches.
A 13 year old boy presents with groin and knee pain and limping? Physical exam sign? Tests? Treatment?
Slipped capital femoral epiphysis. When legs dangle off table, one sole points towards the other foot (can’t rotate internally). X rays. External fixation of the hip joint with pins.
A feverish 4 year old develops hip pain and refuses to let anyone move it? Tests? Treatment?
Septic hip. Aspiration and drainage.
A feverish 4 year old develops severe localized pain in a leg bone that has experienced no trauma? Tests? Treatment?
Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis. MRI. Antibiotics.
Complications from Genu Varum?
If it persists beyond 3 years old, it’s Blount disease (issue with medial proximal tibial growth plate). Repair surgically.
A 6 year old has genu varus? Should this be surgically repaired?
No, it’s normal between 4-8 year olds.
A 15 year old presents with knee pain (without swelling) over the tibial tubercle? Treatment?
Osgood Schlatter. RICE, cast in worst case scenario.
Treatment for club foot?
Serial plaster casts - Fix the adduction, the varus, and the equinus (in that order). Surgery preformed within first year if plaster doesn’t work.
Diagnosis and treatment of scoliosis?
Look at her back as the patient bends over and note a hump over her right thorax. Bracing, and potentially surgery to avoid pulmonary issues.
Which locations do children have difficult healing from fractures?
Supracondylar fracture of the humerus, any bone that involves a growth plate.
A child falls on their hand with their arm extended, hyperextending the elbow? Complications? Treatment?
Supracondylar fracture of the humerus. Volkmann contracture and compartment syndrome. Casting (some require surgery).
Treating fracture in with epiphyses and growth plate are in one piece? Two pieces?
Closed reduction. Open reduction and internal fixation.
A 20 year old complains of three months of persistent low grade leg pain? Tests and Sign?
Osteogenic sarcoma. X rays with sunburst pattern.
A 10 year old complains of three months of persistent low grade leg pain. Tests and sign?
Ewing sarcoma. X rays with onion skinning pattern.
Are malignant bone tumors in adults typically primary or malignant? How does the lesion quality different according to gender.
Malignant. Lytic - breast. Blastic - prostate.
A 70 year old man presents with fatigue, anemia, and localized bone pain in several bones? Tests? Treatment?
X rays (punched out lesions). Urinalisys (bence-jones proteins). Serum immunoelectrophoresis (abnormal immunoglobulins), Chemotherapy or Thalidomide.
Where do sarcomas metastasize? Diagnostic test? Treatment?
Lungs (not nodes). MRI. Wide excision and chemoradiation.
Where do the majority of clavicular fractures occur?
Junction of muddle and distal thirds (the middle).
In anterior dislocation of the shoulder, some patients complain of numbness over the deltoid. What causes this?
Stretching of the axillary nerve.
A patient presents clutching their internally rotated arm after suffering a massive seizure? Tests?
Posterior shoulder dislocation. Axillary or scapular lateral X rays.
A 70 year old osteoperotic woman presents with a painful wrist that looks like a dinner fork after falling on her outstretched hand? Treatment?
Colles fracture. Closed reduction and long cast.
After being struck by an attack with a bat, a patient presents with a swollen and painful arm? Treatment?
Monteggia fracture. ORIF for diaphyseal fracture of the proximal ulna and closed reduction for anterior dislocation of radial head).
Galeazzi fracture? Treatment?
ORIF for fradctured radius and closed reduction for dorsal dislocation of the distal radioulnar joint.
A young man presents with wrist pain after falling on an outstretched hand. PE reveals localized tenderness over the anatomical snuffbox? Tests? Treatment (depending on test results)?
Scaphoid fracture. Displaced fractures will show up on xray immediately (undisplaced after 3 weeks). ORIF if displaced, 6-12 months of casting if non-displaced.
A man complains of a swollen and tender hand after punching a wall? Tests? Treatment for mild and severe cases?
Metacarpal neck fracture. X rays. Mild - closed reduction. Severe - wire fixation.