Musculoskeletal Trauma Flashcards
Stages of fracture healing
- Hematoma
- Soft callus
- Hard Callus
- Remodeling
What fractures do need surgery?
- Open fractures
- Most displaced femoral fractures
- Most displaced forearm fractures
- All irreducible disloactions and fracture-dislocations
Treatment for AC joint dislocation
Sling
Surgery
Treatment for clavicular fracture
Minimal displacement: Sling
Displacement: Open reduction internal fixation (ORIF)
How is fracture to the distal radius and forearm treated?
Closed treatment
*the fracture is not surgically opened(exposed to the external environment and directly visualized). It includes repair with manipulation, repair without manipulation, or repair with or without traction
Treatment for hip dislocation
Immediate closed reduction
*Risk for AVN
Treatment and complications for femoral neck fracture
Treatment: Surgical
Complications: Loss of fixation and AVN
Treatment and complications for interchanteric fracture
Treatment: Surgical
Complication: Loss of fixation and leg length inequality
Treatment for femoral shaft fracture
Surgical
Treatment and complications for knee dislocation
Treatment
- Early- immediate reduction
- Definitive- ligament reconstruction
Complications: neurovascular injury
Treatment for tibia fracture
Minimally displaced- closed treatment
Displaced- Surgery
Treatment for ankle torsion
Non-displaced-immobilization
Displaced- surgery
First injured in lateral sprain with plantarflexed ankle
Anterior talofibular ligament
First injured in lateral sprain with dorsiflexed akle
Calcaneofibular ligament
*Strogest lateral ligament
Treatment and complications for pelvic fracture
Treatment: External fixation and ORIF
Complications: Hemorrhage
