R&O Flashcards
smith fracture
fall on palmar flexed hand
anterior displacement of radius
colles frac
fall on outstretched hand
posterior displacement of radius
dinner fork deformity
forearm: Galeazzi vs Monteggia
- Gal
Radial frac
Ulnar dislocate at Wrist
-Mont
Ulnar frac
Radial head disloc at Elbow
GRUW MURE
scaphoid frac
fall on outstretched hand
look for if no obvious frac at wrist but still painful
- especially tender in anat snuff box
epiphyseal fracture in kids
salter harris classification
fracture neck of femur
v common frac of old age
- esp in females
mortality: 1/3 in 1y; 1/3 into care
risk - oteoporo, cog impair, dm, alcoholism
leg shortened, external rot
xray - loss of shenton’s line, interruption in trabelcular lines
Intracapsular
- compromise vessels, poor healing
- GARDEN classification
- 1 partial, 2 full, 4 full disp
- t: arthroplasty (full or hemi)
Extracapsular
- trochanteric or subtronchanteric
- dynamic hip screw or intramedullary nail
Comps of NOF frac
AVN
- residual pain
- xray showed increased density
Non union
Osteorathritis
- all avoided by total hip replacement
fracture complications
dvt & pe
- stockings, heparin may be indicated
compartment syndrome
traction neuropraxia
later: mal/non union avascular necrosis algodystrophy - aka complex regional pain, reflex symp dystrophy
compartment syndrome
pain out of proportion
pain on passive movement
later: pallor, paraes, pulse, paralysis
do fasciotomy
complex regional pain
algodyst, refelx sym dyst
burning pain, sweating, swelling, stiffness, skin changes
often in hand or foot
neurovascular injuries to look for with fracture
nerve injury = traction neuropraxia
humeral shaft: radial nerve: wrist drop
knee: common peroneal: foot drop
supracondylar: brachial artery and r,m,u nerves
fracture healing
haematoma
inflam and cell prolif
DAYS
callus formation (chondroblasts and osteoblasts)
- soft then hard
- leaves woven bone
WEEKS
consolidation + mineralization
- leaves trabecular bone (aka lamellar)
YEARS
remodelling - blasts and clasts
- leaves compact bone
fracture healing times
kids 3-4 weeks
adult, excluding complication
upper limb 6-8 weeks
lower limb 12 weeks
for each complication (compound, infection) add 6 weeks
fracture management rules
upper limb conservative management
unless displaced: fix with plate and screws
lower limb surgery always required
- intramedullary pin
for hip
DHS if extracapsular of intracapsular, non displaced and < 60
intracapsular displaced or > 60: hemiarthroplasty
open (compound) fracture
break in skin communicating with frac
usually high energy
risk infection
require surgical washout
may require external fixation
OSCE: describing fracture on xray
plain film radiograph
taken on…
of patient…
shows left/right forearm/shoulder/hand etc
in AP/lateral view
adequate exposure/penetration
- show joint above and below
is it a child - epiphyseal plates
fracture
- where on shaft - prox/mid/distal
- displaced or undisplaced
translational, angulation, rotation, shortening
- comminuted or simple transverse/oblique/spiral
Vertebral fractures in osteoporo
sudden severe pain - radiate around front (ribs abdo)
v tender alog central spinal processes
but 2 in 3 are asympotmatic
get pain from subsequent accumulated mechanical derangement
- increased kyphosis
osteoporosis
loss of normal bone mass/density/architecture
- increase fragility - inc fracture risk
DEXA bone density scan
(dual energy xray absorptiometry)
- give T score - how many SD’s from young healthy adult mean
- give Z score - how many SD’s from age matched normal
Risk factors
- age, female, low bmi, fh
- smoking, steroid, alcohol
- RA, liver, renal, copd
- oestrogen deficiency
- vit D deficiency, hyperparathyroid
osteoporosis causes
early menopause cushings (high steroid) DM chronic renal fail RA coeliac, IBD
treatment and prevent osteoporo
- bisposphonates (inhib osteoclasts)
- w water,uproght, no food for 30 mins
calcium
vit D
smoking cessation
reduce falls
for spinal fractures - bed rest and analgesia
pagets
osteitis deformans
disorder of bone remodelling
excessive resorp then increased formation - structurally abnormal
often asympto (incidental xray finding)later get pain, deform, nerve palsy
commonly pelvis, lumbar spine, femur
not below 40, inc dramatically with age
raised ALP
t: bisphosphonate
skull x ray
think pagets
- inc bone turnover affecting skull and long bones
bisphosphonates
HISTORY: back pain
HPC
- pain tender stiff
- pattern (AS worse in morn, good with exercise)
- location
- wake at night (AS)
- injury or mechanism worse on extension
- radiate to buttock
system: fatigue, fever, wl
assoc w inflammatory disease: peripheral joints (mainly knee hip), rib pain, eyes (AS)
neuro: tingling, shooting pain, saddle anaesth, urinary incont
back pain history
HPC
- pain tender stiff
- pattern (AS worse in morn, good with exercise)
- location
- wake at night (AS)
- injury or mechanism worse on extension
- radiate to buttock
system: fatigue, fever, wl
assoc:
rib pain, eyes (AS)
neuro: tingling, shooting pain, saddle anaesth, urinary incont