Principles Of Fracture Management Flashcards
Schatzker fracutres are a form of classification of _________ fractures
Tibial plateau
Description of fractures
- Displacement
• _________ • ___________ - Angulation
• __________ and _________ of angulation
Sideways
Overlap
Direction; degree
symptoms of a fracture?
List 4
Pain
Swelling
Deformity
Loss of function
Signs of a fracture?
List 5
Swelling
Deformity
Ecchymosis
Crepitation
Abnormal mobility
Cast Immobilization
• Plaster Of Paris (POP)
- made up of______,______ - it is ________
• Resin material - (Natural or Synthetic?) - (Weak or Strong?)
• Layer of _________
• layer of __________
• Monitor __________ , color and size
Caso,.12H,0 ; Malleable
Synthetic; strong
Stockinette; orthoban
distal pulses
Gallow’s splint is used for ???
Children
Gallows traction is used to immobilise _________ fractures in children under _________ of age with a maximum weight of _____Kgs.
femur
two years
12
Skin Traction
- ____% TBW up to ___kg
10
6
Skeletal Traction
- ____ to _____ kg
10 to 15
Internal Fixation
- First ________ the fracture
- then _______________ using,
•______,______ (Often simple to use)
•_______ and _____
• ____________
nails
reduce
Hold reduction
Wires, Pins
Plates and screws
Intramedullary
Examples of intra-medullary nails
__________ nails
_______ nails
Kutchner
Locked
Examples of rod fixation
______
________
Rod fixation
Ring fixation