Osteoarthritis of Hip — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: What is the earliest pathological change seen in osteoarthritis?

Answer: Fibrillation of the articular cartilage

Extra: The earliest biochemical changes in osteoarthritis are increased water content and decreased proteoglycans. This leads to the earliest morphological (pathological) change, known as fibrillation (cracking and splitting of the superficial layers of cartilage).

Flashcard 2: Which of the following is associated with development of Osteoarthritis? _____

Answer: Legg-Calve-Perthes

Flashcard 3: Stiffness _____ and range of motion increases in the thawing stage of frozen shoulder

Answer: decreases

Flashcard 4: Eversion at the _____ joint, hallux valgus and Hammer toe are seen in rheumatoid arthritis

Answer: subtalar

Flashcard 5: Early management of AVN of femur involves protection from _____ and providing traction/rest

Answer: weight bearing

Flashcard 6: Trendelenburg sign is characterized by _____ contralateral to the lesion.

Answer: tilting of the pelvis

Flashcard 7: Quadruple deformity of the knee can be seen in rheumatoid arthritis, which is triple deformity (_____) + valgus

Answer: PERF

Flashcard 8: Early surgical management of AVN of femur involves decreasing pressure within the head of femur by drilling holes also known as _____

Answer: core decompression

Flashcard 9: Terminal stage of osteonecrosis/osteochondritis is also known as _____

Answer: Secondary osteoarthritis

Flashcard 10: _____ shoulder is a rapidly progressive destructive osteoarthritis with extensive bone loss, such that the whole head of the humerus disappears.

Answer: Milwaukee