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ORTHOPEDICS: UPPER EXTREMITY > PROXIMAL HUMERAL FRACTURES > Flashcards

PROXIMAL HUMERAL FRACTURES Flashcards

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Mechanism

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Low-energy falls - osteoporotic elderly
High-energy trauma - young individuals

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Complications

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Axillary Nerve Injury
Arterial Injury - most often at the surgical neck - ant. & post. humeral circumflex a.?

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Symptoms

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Pain and swelling
Decreased ROM

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Physical Exam

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Extensive ecchymosis of chest, arm and forearm
Check axillary nerve (function of deltoid & lateral shoulder sensation)

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X-RAY

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Shoulder 3V: AP, scapular Y, axillary

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Acute Management Management (non-dislocated)

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Sling immobilization
Referral to Ortho

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ORTHOPEDICS: UPPER EXTREMITY (45 decks)

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