Thigh/Hip Flashcards
Primary blood supply of the femoral head
Medial femoral circumflex artery
Anatomic axis of Femur
Line drawn along axis of femur
Mechanical axis of femur
line drawn between center of femoral head and intercondylar notch
Knee axis
line drawn along the inferior aspect of both femoral condyles
Vertical axis
Vertical line, perpendicular to ground
Lateral femoral angle
angle formed between the knee axis and the femoral axis
Complication of hip dislocation
femoral head AVN
Direction of hip dislocation most common?
Posterior
PE of ant vs post hip locations
Ant: ABducted, flexed, ER
Post: ADducted, flexed, IR
XR findings in hip dx
Fermoral heads appear different sizes
Thompson classification
Posterior hip dx I: No or minor post wall fx II: Large posterior wall fx III: Comminuted acetabular fx IV: Acetabular floor fx V: Femoral head fx
Epstein classification
Anterior hip dx I(ABC): superior II(ABC): Inferior A: No associated fx B: Femoral head fx C) acetabular fx
PE femoral neck fx
elderly most common, LE shortened abducted, ER
Garden classification
Femoral neck fx I: Incomplete fx; valgus impaction II: Complete fx; nondisplaced III: Complete fx; partial displacement, (varus) IV: Complete fx, total displacement
Evans/Jensen classification
Intertrochanteric Type 1A: nondisplaced Type 1B: 2 part displaced Type 2A: 3 part, GT fragment Type 2B: 3 part, LT fragment Type 3: 4 part
Mortality of intertrochanteric fx
20% at 6 months
Winquis/Hansen classification
Femoral shaft fx 0: no comminution I: Minimal comminution II: Comminuted >50% cortices intact, unstable III: Comminuted:
Russell-Taylor classification
Subtrochanteric fx
Type 1: No piriformis fossa extension/involvement
A: Intact LT
B: detached LT
Type 2: Fracture involves the piriformis fossa
A: Intact LT
B: detached LT
AO/Muller classification
Distal femur fracture
A: extraarticular subtypes 1,2,3
B: unicondylar subtypes 1,2,3
C: bicondylar subtypes 1,2,3
Thigh impingement test
Supine: flex, adduct, IR hip. Pain may be indicative of FAI
Patrick/FABER
Flex, Abduct, ER, SI joint pathology
Log roll test
Supine, hip extended: IR/ER. Pain c/w hip arthritis
Stinchfield
Resisted straight leg raise, pain = hip pathology
Thomas sign
Supine; one knee to chest. If opposite thigh elevates off table, flexion contracture