Ortho Flashcards
(8 cards)
Biggest risk factor for adhesive capsulitis?
Diabetes
Causes of Dupuytrens?
manual labour
phenytoin treatment
alcoholic liver disease
diabetes mellitus
trauma to the hand
Ottawa ankle rules
An ankle x-ray is required only if there is any pain in the malleolar zone and any one of the following findings:
bony tenderness at the lateral malleolar zone (from the tip of the lateral malleolus to include the lower 6 cm of posterior border of the fibular)
bony tenderness at the medial malleolar zone (from the tip of the medial malleolus to the lower 6 cm of the posterior border of the tibia)
-inability to walk four weight-bearing steps immediately after the injury and in the emergency department
Rx of scaphoid fractures?
Undisplaced scaphoid waist = plaster cast
Proximal scaphoid pole or displaced scaphoid waist = surgery
Which ligament in ankle most commonly sprained?
Anterior talofibulae ligament
Bone infection in child with sickle cell?
Non typhi salmonella
Subcapital NOF
Intracapsular = hemi