Trauma Imaging Flashcards
what is a flail segment?
3 or more adjacent ribs are fractured in more than 2 places- ribs cage lifts and problems with breathing
types of fractures
- Transverse
- Oblique
- Spiral
- Comminuted= 3 parts
- Avulsion= fragment breaks away
- Impacted
- Torus= children
- Greenstick= only one side of the periosteum is affected
what is the posterior fat pad sign?
normal to have an anterior fat pad in the elbow, but if there is a joint effusion this will be seen
two types of wrist fractures
- Colles
2. Smith’s
what is a colle’s fracture?
dorsal angulation (dinner fork deformity)
what is a smith’s fracture?
volar angulation
associations with Colle’s fracture
elderly
females
OP
two types of fracture of the femur
intracapsular
intertrochanteric
where is a scaphoid fracture?
anatomical snuffbox
risks AVN if injured at waist
which type of femur fracture risks blood supply interruption?
intracapsular
dual blood supply to the spleen
splenic artery
short gastric artery
management of splenic laceration
- unstable= splenectomy
- stable= embolise splenic artery
