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How many and what type of views do you order for conventional radiographs of bone?

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At least 2 views at 90degree angle to each other (orthogonal views)

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If a trauma patient comes to see you, what is the first thing that you do?

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Stabilize the patient

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What is the dense portion of the bone?

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The outer cortex

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What is the less dense portion of the bone?

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The inner medullary cavity

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Where is cancellous/trabecular bone located?

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The medullary cavity

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How does the cortex appear in radiographs?

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A smooth white shell, dense white band

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How does the medullar cavity appear in radiographs?

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A core of gray material

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What views would you order for a sternoclavicular injury?

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PA and oblique of the manubrium

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What views would you order for a rib injury?

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PA and oblique CXR

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What views would you order for a thoracic spine injury?

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AP and lateral C7-L1

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What views would you order for a lumbar spine injury?

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AP and lateral T11-distal sacrum

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What view would you order for a pelvis injury?

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AP from L5/pelvic girdle - greater trochanter of femur

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What views would you order for an acetabulum injury?

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Upside and downside (Judet method)

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What views would you order for a femur injury?

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AP and lateral

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What views could you order for a patella injury?

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PA, lateral, oblique, or “sunrise”

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How does the physis appear on a radiograph?

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Dark

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What defines a dislocation?

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Bones that used to form a joint are no longer in apposition to each other

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What defines a subluxation?

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Bones that used to form a joint are in partial contact with each other

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Define a complete fracture.

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Broken completely through the cortex.

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Define an incomplete fracture.

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Only a part of the cortex is fractured.

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How do fracture lines appear in a radiograph?

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Blacker, more lucent

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What does a posterior “sail sign” suggest?

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An occult fracture of the humerus near the elbow joint.

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What does an anterior “sail sign” suggest?

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It’s normal.

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Where and how do pathologic fractures occur?

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In bone with a preexisting abnormality with minimum or no trauma

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What is a local cause of pathologic fracture?
Metastasis
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What is a diffuse cause of pathologic fracture?
Rickets
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Where are pathologic fractures most common?
Ribs Spine Proximal appendicular skeleton (humerus, femur)
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How will pathologic fractures present in radiographs?
Bone surrounding the fracture will be abnormally dense (radiopaque)
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How would you treat a pathologic fracture?
Treat the underlying condition.
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What 4 descriptors are used when referring to fractures?
Number Direction of line Relationship of fragments to each other Communication with outside environment
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Define a simple fracture.
Two fragments
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Define a comminuted fracture.
>2 fragments
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What is a segmental fracture?
A portion of the shaft is an isolated fragment.
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What is a butterfly fragment?
A central fragment that has a triangular shape.
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A force was applied perpendicular to the long axis of a bone, and a fracture occurred at the point of impact. What direction is the fracture line?
Transverse
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A force was applied to the long axis of bone, and a fracture occurred somewhere along the shaft. What direction is the fracture line?
Diagonal/Oblique
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A twisting or torque injury occurred. What direction is the fracture line?
Spiral
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In what population are spiral fractures most common?
Kids
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What term does this describe: "The amount by which the distal fragment is offset"
Displacement
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What term does this describe: "The angle between the distal and proximal fragments"
Angulation
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What term does this describe: "How much, if any, overlap there is of the ends of the fracture fragments"
Shortening
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What is the most common type of fracture: Closed or Compound/Open?
Closed
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What communication does a closed fracture have with the outside environment?
No communication
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What implications must be addressed by deeming a fracture closed or open?
The way the fracture is treated in order to avoid osteomyelitis
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What type of fracture involves only one part of the cortex?
Greenstick fracture
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In what population are Greenstick fractures most common?
Kids
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What type of fracture is caused by longitudinal compression of the soft bone, characterized by localized bulging?
Torus/buckle fracture
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What type of fracture occurs when a fragment is pulled from its parent bone by contraction of a tendon/ligament?
Avulsion fracture
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What is a Type I Salter-Harris fracture?
Straight across
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What is a Type II Salter-Harris fracture?
Above, in the metaphysis
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What is a Type III Salter-Harris fracture?
Lower, in the epiphysis
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What is a Type IV Salter-Harris fracture?
Two/Through, in the metaphysis and epiphysis
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What is a Type V Salter-Harris fracture?
ERasure of the growth plate
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What type of fracture involves a dorsal angulation of the distal radial fracture fragment?
Colle's fracture
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What causes a Colle's fracture, and what is an associated fracture?
FOOSH | Fracture of the ulnar styloid
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What fracture involves a palmar angulation of the distal radial fragment?
Smith's fracture
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What causes a Smith's fracture?
A fall on the back of a flexed hand
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What type of fracture involves a fracture of the head of the 5th metacarpal with palmar angulation of the distal fragment?
Boxer's fracture
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What type of fracture is characterized by tenderness int he anatomic snuffbox?
Scaphoid fracture
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What type of fracture involves a fracture of the radius (dorsal angulation) with shortening and dislocation of the distal ulna?
Galeazzi fracture
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What causes a Galeazzi fracture?
FOOSH with elbow flexed
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What type of fracture involves anterior dislocation of radial head with dorsally angulated ulna fracture?
Monteggia fracture
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What causes a Monteggia fracture?
Direct blow to the forearm
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What is the most common fracture of the elbow in a child?
Supracondylar fracture of distal humerus
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What characteristics are produced by a supracondylar fracture of the distal humerus?
Posterior displacement of distal humerus | Anterior humeral line (in lateral view)
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What type of fracture is a transverse fracture of the 5th metatarsal near the base?
Jones fracture
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What causes a Jones fracture?
Plantar flexion of the foot and inversion of the ankle
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What type of fracture is caused by repeated microfractures to the foot from trauma?
March fracture
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What bones are affected by a March fracture?
Most often the shafts of the 2nd and 3rd metatarsals
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What fracture is frequently related to osteoporosis?
Hip fracture
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What view do you order when suspecting a hip fracture?
Radiograph of femoral neck with leg internally rotated
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What fracture involves the tarsometatarsal joint?
Lisfranc fracture
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What causes a Lisfranc fracture?
Excessively loading the mid-foot

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