MSK Procedure 8? Flashcards
(42 cards)
clinical signs of fractre
pain swelling deformity eccymosis loss of function
importance of evaluation fracture
neurovascular status
most reliable sign of fracture
pain
compound fracture
skin involvement
comminuted fracture
compression, many pieces
spiral fracture
from twisting
greenstick
young kids because bones are softer
worry about open fractures
bacteria
salter fractures
through growth plates
I salter harris
growth plate slips
II salter harris
fracture through metaphysis
III salter harris
though epiphysis
salter harris IV
through epiphysis and metaphysis
salter harris V
compression growth plate
worse salter harris fracture
V
rammed and ruined fracture
salter type V
worry about what with scaphoid fracture
avascular necrosis
colles fracture
distal radius with dorsal displacement
dinner fork deformity
colles
falling on outstretched hand
colles
tri malleolar fracture
lateral malleolus
medial malleolus
posterior tibia
causes of trimalleolar fracture
landing flat on heel from height
Tx tri malleolar fracture
surgery
ORIF
systemic complications of fractures
fat embolism shock thromboembolism exacerbation of underlying disease pneumonia