How to Manage Orthopaedic Conditions Flashcards
(70 cards)
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What are the 3 causes of bone disorders?
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- Trauma
- Stress
- Pathological
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What are the two categories of mechanisms of bone fractures other than trauma?
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- Abnormal stresses on normal bones
- Normal stresses on abnormal bones
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How does abnormal stress on a normal bone cause a bone fracture (5 steps)?
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- Overuse
- Stress exerted on bone > Bone’s capacity to remodel
- Bone weakening
- Stress fracture
- Risk of complete fracture
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What are the activity related causes of abnormal stress on normal bone that cause bone fracture (3)?
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- Athletes
- Occupational
- Military
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What are the pathological causes of normal stress on abnormal bones fractures (5)?
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- Osteopenia / Osteoporosis
- Vitamin D deficiency / Calcium deficiency
- Osteogenesis Imperfecta
- Pagets disease
- Malignancy
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What is the pathophysiology of osteopenia / osteoporosis?
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- Osteoclast activity > Osteoblast activity → Disrupted microarchitecture
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What are the causes of osteopenia / osteoporosis (3)?
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Secondary osteoporosis:
- Hypogonadism
- Glucocorticoid excess
- Alcoholism
- Associated with fragility fracture (hip / spine / wrist)
- Low energy trauma (fracture)
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What T score on a DEXA scan diagnoses osteoporosis?
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- < -2.5
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What is the gender epidemiology of osteopenia / osteoporosis?
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- Female:Male 4:1
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What is the pathophysiology of Rickets / Osteomalacia?
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- Vitamin D facilitates calcium, magnesium & phosphate absorption
- Inadequate calcium or phosphate leeds to defect in osteoid matrix mineralisation
- Osteomalacia / Rickets
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What is the cause of Rickets / Osteomalacia?
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- Vitamin D or calcium deficiency in children (Rickets) or adults (osteomalacia)
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What are the effects of Rickets / Osteomalacia?
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- In rickets (paeds), the epiphyseal growth plates can become distorted under weight of the body
- In osteomalacia (adults), increased risk of fracture
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What is the physiology of osteogenesis imperfecta?
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- There is a reduction in type I collagen secretion
- Collagen is an extracellular matrix protein secreted by fibroblast & osteoblasts
- Collagen provides mechanical strength and rigidity to bone
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What is the causes of osteogenesis imperfecta?
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- Autosomal recessive (20%) / dominant (80%) condition
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What are the effects of osteogenesis imperfecta (3)?
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- Increased fragility of bones
- Increased bone deformities
- Increased blue sclera
- Affect hearing
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What is osteogenesis imperfecta often mistaken as in children?
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- Can be mistaken as NAD in children – diagnosis is important medicolegally
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Outline the pathophysiology of Paget’s disease (7 steps).
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- Increased osteoclastic activity
- Mixed osteoclastic - osteoblastic activity
- Excessive bone break down & disorganised remodelling
- Deformity, pain, fracture or arthriti
- Osteoblastic activity
- Deformity, pain, fracture or arthritis
- Malignant degeneration
- Excessive bone break down & disorganised remodelling
- Mixed osteoclastic - osteoblastic activity
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What kind of fracture pattern is this?
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Transverse
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What kind of fracture pattern is this?
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Oblique
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What kind of fracture pattern is this?
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Spiral
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What kind of fracture pattern is this?
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Comminuted
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What is an impacted fracture?
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- One fracture is driven into the other as a result of compression
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What is a greenstick fracture?
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- Partial fracture in which one side of the bone is broken
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What is an open fracture?
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- A fracture in which at least one end of the bone penetrates the skin - presenting a potential risk of infection
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What is a closed fracture?
* A fracture in which the **skin remains intact**
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What kind of displacement is this?
Translation
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What kind of displacement is this?
Angulation
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What kind of displacement is this?
Rotation
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What kind of displacement is this?
Impication
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What non-union fracture?
* **Failure of bone healing within an expected time frame**
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What is atrophic healing complications?
* **Healing completely ceased** with no X-rays changes
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What is hypertrophic healing complications?
* **Excessive movement** can facilitate **hard callus formation**
* ****Secondary bone healing in response to sustained stimuli on the bone
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What is pseudoarthrosis?
* A **joint fibrocartilage capsule is formed due to a non-union fracture**, the two fragments of bone of a fracture have not united
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What is malunion?
* Bone healing occurs but **outside of the normal** parameters of alignment
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What factors affet tissue healing (6)?
* Mechanical envirnoment:
* **Movement**
* **Forces**
* Biological environment:
* **Blood supply**
* **Immune function**
* **Infection**
* **Nutrition**
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What is hard callus?
* Weaker in comparison to normal bone however has better capability to withstand external forces and equates to the stage of clinical union
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What is the pre-requisite for fracture healing (3)?
* **Minimal fracture gap**
* **No movement** if direct (primary) bone healing or **minimal movement** if indirect (secondary) bone healing
* **Consider patients physiological state** - nutrients, growth factors, age, diabetic, smoker
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What happens during the remodelling phase?
1. During remodelling, the healed fracture and surrounding callus responds to activity, external forces, functional demands and growth
2. The **external callus is no longer needed and is therefore removed** through osteoclast activity, and fracture site is smoothed & sculpted
3. **Epiphyses realign and residual angulation corrected**
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What is secondary bone healing? What are the 4 steps?
* **Fast process resulting in callus formation (fibrocartilage)**
* **Haematoma → Soft callus → Hard callus → Remodelling (Endochondral ossification)**
1. **Step I (Week 1): Bleeding/haematoma**
* ****Prostaglandin/cytokine released; growth factors increase local blood flow → Periosteal supply dominates
2. **Step II (Week 2-4): Granulation (Connective/fibrotic) tissue deposited**
* ****Soft callus formation (Type-II collagen → Cartilage; fibroblasts woven blood (immature bone))
3. **Step III (1-4 months): Fracture is bridged with soft callus**
* ****Hard callus formation succeeds (Laying down of osteoid → Type I collagen) facilitated by increased osteoblast activity
4. **Step IV (4-12 months): Bone is remodelled through endochondral ossification, lamellar bone in its place**
* ****Callus responds to activity, external forces and the functional demands exerted onto the bone.
* Balance of osteoclast and osteoblast activity to remodel bone (removal of excess)
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What happens during the reparative phase?
* **Soft callus formation** (Type II collagen - cartilage)
* **Convert to hard callus** (Type I collagen - bone)
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What is soft callus?
* Plastic, easily deformed or bend, if the fracture is not adequately supported
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What is primary bone healing?
* **Intermembranous healing** is associated with absolute stability
* Osteoblasts move into fracture → In primary bone healing, the bone ends are in contact therefore the osteoblasts can traverse across and bone formation is accelerated, membrane forms
* Membrane formation behaves as a conduit for osteoblasts to pass
* Haversian remodelling occurs in circumstances that there is a little or no gap \< 500mm
* Slow process using a cutter cone concept
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What are the 3 phases of primary bone healing?
* **Inflammatory** phase (Neutrophils , Macrophages) (Duration: Hours-Days)
* **Reparative** phase (Fibroblasts, Osteoblasts, Chondroblasts) (Duration: Days-weeks)
* **Remodelling** phase (Macrophages, Osteoclasts, Osteoblasts) (Duration: Months-years)
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What happens during the inflammatory phase?
1. **Haematoma formation**
2. Release of **cytokines, growth factors & prostaglandins**
3. Fracture haematoma becomes organised & infiltrated by fibrovascular tissues → Forms **matrix for bone formation & primary callus**
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What is the Wolff's Law?
* States that **bone grows and remodels in response to the forces that are exerted onto it**
* Placing stress in specific directions stimulate osteocyte activity
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How do you dignose a bone fracture (4 / 1)?
* **Hx / Clinical signs:**
* Pain (Nerves)
* Swelling (Vessels)
* Crepitus (Ligament)
* Deformity (Tendons)
* **Imaging:**
* X-Rays (first line of management)
* Bone scan
* Radiograph
* CT scan
* MRI scan
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What methods are used to investigate a bone fracture (3)?
* **XRay** (in most cases)
* **CT** sometimes indicated
* To make diagnosis
* To assess pattern
* **MRI** if unsure
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What is used when describing a fracture radiograph (4)?
* **Location:**
* Which bone and which part of bone?
* **Pieces:**
* Simple / Multifragmentary
* **Pattern:**
* Transverse / Oblique / Spiral
* **Displaced / Undisplaced:**
* Translated / Angulated
* X / Y / Z plane
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What are the 4 steps to managing a bone fracture?
* **Resuscitate**
* ****Save the patients life, then worry about the fracture
* **Reduce**
* Bring the bone back together in an acceptable alignment
* **Rest / Hold**
* Hold the fracture in position to prevent distortion or movement
* **Rehabilitate**
* ****Get function back and avoid stiffness
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What are the possible ways to reduce a fracture (3C / 2O)?
* Closed:
* **Manipulation**
* **Skin traction**
* **Skeletal traction**
* Open:
* **Mini-incision**
* **Full explore**
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What are the possible ways to rest a fracture (3C / 4IF / 2EF)?
* Closed:
* **Plaster**
* **Skin traction**
* **Skeletal traction**
* Fixation:
* Internal:
* **Intramedullary pins**
* **Intramedullary nails**
* **Extramedullary plate / screws**
* **Extramedullary pins**
* External:
* **Monoplanar**
* **Multiplanar**
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What are the possible ways to rehabilitate a fracture (4)?
* Use
* Move
* Strengthen
* Weight bearing
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What are the possible systemic fracture complications (12)?
* General:
* **Fat embolus**
* **DVT**
* **Infection******
* Prolonged immobility:
* **UTI**
* **Chest infection**
* **Sores**
* Specific:
* **Neurovascular injury**
* **Muscle / tendon injury**
* **Non union / malunion**
* **Local infection**
* **Degenerative charge** (intraarticular)
* **Reflex sympatheti dystrophy**
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What is osteoarthritis?
* A long term chronic disease characterised by the **deterioration of cartilage in joints** which results in bones rubbing together & creating stiffness, pain and impaired movement
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What is the pathophysiology of osteoarthritis?
* **Degenerative disease of chondral cartilage**
* Inflammation occurs late in disease
* Inflammatory mediators include proteinases, which enhance the synthesis of proteinases & other catabolic factors to degrade the articular cartilage membrane
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What are the main risk factors of osteoarthritis (10)?
* **Age**
* Excess **weight** & obesity
* **Mechanical constraints** (intense sport, some professions)
* **Heredity**
* **Female**
* **Osteonecrosis**
* Leg bone **malalignment**
* **Oestrogen deficiency**
* **Metabolic syndrome**
* **Advance hip osteoarthritis** caused by spondylarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis
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What are the symptoms of osteoarthritis (3)?
* **Pain** (exertional / rest / night)
* **Disability** (walking distance / stairs / giving way)
* **Deformity**
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How is osteoarthritis assessed (4)?
* **Look** for scars from previous surgeries
* **Feel**
* **Move**
* **Special tests**
* ****Anterior drawer test
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What is the conservative management of osteoarthritis (5)?
* **Analgesics**
* **Physiotherapy**
* **Walking aids**
* **Avoidance of exacerbating activity**
* **Injections** (Steroids / Viscosupplementation)
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What is the surgical management of osteoarthritis (6)?
* **Replace** (knee / hip)
* **Realign** (knee / big tow)
* **Excise** (toes)
* **Fuse** (big toe)
* **Synovectomy** (rheumatoid)
* **Denervate** (wrist)
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What is rheumatoid arthritis?
* **Chronic joint inflammation** can result in joint damage
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Which autoantibodies are associated with rheumatoid arthritis (2)?
* Rheumatoid factor
* Anti-CCP
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What is the site of inflammation for rheumatoid arthritis?
* **Synovium**
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What are the symptoms of osteomyelitis (4)?
* **Pain**
* **Swelling**
* **Discharge**
* **Systemic symptoms:**
* Fever
* Sweats with weight loss
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How is ostemyelitis diagnosed (3 / 4)?
* Radiology:
* **Plain films**
* **MRI scans:** bone architecture / collection
* CT if MRI unavailable
* **Bone scans:** multifocal diseas
* Bloods:
* **CRP**
* **ESR**
* **WCC**
* **TB culture**
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How is osteomyelitis managed (4)?
* **Antibiotics****:** IV for weeks
* **Surgical drainage:** espescially bony collections
* **Chronic:** antibiotic suppression / dressings
* **Amputation**
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What are the symptoms of septic arthritis (3)?
* **Pain**
* **Swelling**
* **Systemic symptoms:**
* ****Fever
* Sweating with weight loss
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What are the risk factors of septic arthritis (3)?
* **Immunosuppression**
* **Pre-existing joint damage**
* **IV drug use**
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How is septic arthritis diagnosed (1 / Radiology 3 / Bloods 4)?
* **Joint aspirtaion**
* Radiology:
* **Plain films**
* **MRI scans:** bone architecture / collection
* CT if MRI unavailable
* **Bone scans:** multifocal diseas
* Bloods:
* **CRP**
* **ESR**
* **WCC**
* **TB culture**
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How is septic arthritis managed (4)?
* **Surgery:** joint washout & drainage
* **IV antibiotics**
* **Immobilise joint** in acute phase
* **Physiotherapy** once over acute phase
