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Lower Extremity Fractures Flashcards

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MC MOI of pelvic fractures

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  • Fall

- High impact injury in younger people

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In high impact pelvic fractures, what else needs to be checked?

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Bladder injury (get a urine and see if there’s blood)

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Hip fractures occur in what populations?

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  • 60 yo or older (90%)

- Females (75%)

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MOI of hip fractures

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  • Usually a fall in the elderly
  • High impact injury in younger people
  • Can be pathologic from tumor, cyst, osteopenia
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Clinical presentation of hip fractures

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  • Limb is shortened and ER
  • Pain in groin and anterior thigh
  • Unable to ambulate
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Types of hip fractures

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  • Subcapital neck
  • Transcervical neck
  • Intertrochanteric
  • Subtrochanteric
  • Greater trochanter
  • Lesser trochanter
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Treatment of hip fracture

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Surgery for either ORIF or hemi-arthroplasty almost always indicated ASAP because of high mortality rate

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MOI of femur fractures

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  • High impact injury
  • Can be pathologic
  • May occur around prosthesis or ORIF components
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Treatment of femur fracture

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Usually includes external fixator, IM rod, gamma nail or ORIF w/plate and screws

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MOI knee fracture

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Direct blow, twisting, hyperextension

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What is the “sunrise” view?

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An x-ray view of the patella

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What are the Ottawa knee rules?

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Indications for knee x-ray

  • 55+ yrs old
  • Isolated patella tenderness
  • Tenderness at fibular head
  • Inability to flex 90 degrees
  • Inability to bear weight (4 steps) immediately after injury
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Describe tibial plateau fracture

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  • Intra-articular fx of proximal tibia
  • Lateral tibial plateau (60-70%), medial tibial plateau (10-20%)
  • Common in elderly
  • High energy injury in young
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How do people present with tibial plateau fracture?

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  • Acute hemarthrosis
  • Unable to bear weight
  • Joint line tenderness
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What else should be assessed with tibial plateau fracture?

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Popliteal artery and peroneal nerve injuries

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Treatment of tibial plateau fractures

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  • Usually requires ORIF

- Some elderly or high risk pts can be treated non-wt bearing w/ a knee immobilizer

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What is the largest sesamoid bone in the body?

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Patella

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What is the MC fracture of the patella?

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Transverse

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MOI patella fractures

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Direct or indirect trauma or dislocation

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Describe sunrise x-ray view

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  • Assesses alignment of patella for vertical/longitudinal fractures
  • It does NOT evaluate transverse fractures (that may unnecessarily make a case surgical)
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Treatment of patella fractures

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  • If not displaced, knee immobilizer and partial wt bearing

- If displaced, requires ORIF

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Extensor mechanism injury MOI

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  • Patellar or quad tendon ruptures
  • Sudden intense contraction of quads w/knee flexed
  • Direct blow
  • Laceration
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What comorbidities increase risk for extensor mechanism injury?

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RA, gout, SLE

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Treatment of extensor tendon mechanism disruption

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  • Always requires repair of the tendon unless risks outweigh the benefits
  • Initially, immobilization and non-wt bearing w/crutches or walker
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Patella baja
Patella tendon rupture | *Can be normal in some people
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Patella alta
Quadricep tendon tear
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MOI tibia and fibula fractures
Trauma
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MC type of tibia fracture
Shaft
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Clinical presentation of tibia and fibula fractures
Fibula may be able to bear full wt as it is a non-wt bearing bone
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Treatment of tibia and fibula fractures?
- Non displaced can be w/long leg cast or posterior splint w/knee flexed 20-30 degrees, ankle in neutral position, no wt bearing 4-6 wks - Displaced need IM rods, ORIF w/plate and screws, or external fixator
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Ottawa ankle rules
Indications for ankle x-ray - Pain in malleolar zone and one of: bone tenderness at posterior edge lat malleolus or inability to bear wt immediately and in ED - Pain in mid foot zone and bone tenderness at 5th MT base OR navicular OR inability to bear wt immediately and in ED
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Ankle sprain MOI
Extreme inversion injury and plantar flex
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MC injured ligament in ankle sprain
Anterior talofibular (ATF) ligament
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What is a "high ankle sprain"?
- Damage to syndesmosis ligament | - Occurs w/dorsiflexion and ER
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Damage to syndesmosis ligament is what kind of injury?
High ankle sprain
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Ankle sprain grading system
1: stretch w/microscopic tearing of ligament (little swelling and functional loss, no joint instability) 2: partial tearing, mod-severe swelling, mod functional loss 3: complete rupture of ligament, severe swelling, mod-severe instability of joint
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Types of ankle fractures
- Unimalleolar - Bimalleolar - Trimalleolar - Maisonneuve - Pilon
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Treatment of ankle fracture
- Initially, splinting and non wt bearing - Most will require ORIF - If dislocation involved, reduction must be done prior to splinting
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If a dislocation is involved with an ankle fracture, what must be done?
Reduction must be done prior to splinting
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Maisonneuve ankle fracture MOI
Inversion injury that radiates up fibula and snaps off proximal fibula w/disruption of deltoid ligament (and many times a medial malleolus fracture)
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Pilon fracture
Dome of distal tibial articular surface and extends into adjacent metaphysis
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Pilon fracture MOI
Multiple mechanisms including a fall from height or MCV or skiing injuries
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What are indications for surgery in a pilon fracture?
- Open - Displaced (gap of more than 2 mm or step of more than 1 mm, rotational malalignment) - Vascular compromise - Compartment syndrome
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Foot fracture MOI
Twisting or crushing
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What x-rays do we get for foot fracture?
- If tender over metatarsals and cuneiforms, xray foot | - If tender over phalanges, xray toes
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Avulsion fracture of 5th MT
- Sudden inversion of plantar flexed foot - Usually extra-articular - Symptoms can mimic ankle sprain
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Jones fracture
- Transverse fx distal to MT-cuboid joint | - Usually occurs w/o inversion
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Lisfranc joint
- Articulation between midfoot and forefoot - Composed of 5 TMT joints - Fracture location of TMT joint
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Lisfranc fracture MOI
Crush injury or rotational force on a plantar flexed forefoot
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Metatarsal fracture MOI
Multiple including inversion injury, direct blow, crush injuries
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Treatment of toe fractures
- Buddy taping (MC) | - May use a fracture boot for multiple fractures
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Where does an osteosarcoma originate?
Metaphyseal region of tubular long bone
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Where do osteosarcomas MC occur?
Femur (42%)
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What is the MC benign bone tumor?
Osteochondroma
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Where does an osteochondroma MC occur?
Around knee and shoulder (but can occur in any bone)
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Who is affected by osteochondroma?
- Males 3:1 | - Diagnosed before age 20
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How do osteochondromas grow?
- Near growth plates and grow away from physis | - Grow until skeletal maturity then stops when epiphyseal plates close
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Describe fibrous cortical defects
- More than 2 cm in size - Older children - Solitary lesions (75%) - Occur at sites of tendon/ligament insertion
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Describe enchondroma
- Benign cartilaginous neoplasm - Usually solitary lesion in medullary bone - Small incidence of malignancies - Described as "lytic lesions"

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