Pediatric Orthopaedics — Flashcards

Flashcard 11: Which of the following requires surgery? _____

Answer: Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis

Flashcard 12: 1. Identify → _____

Answer: Salter's scale

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Flashcard 13: _____ fractures and torus fractures are both common fractures in pediatric populations

Answer: Greenstick

Flashcard 14: The epiphyses in _____ have V-shaped distal ends with deep intercondylar notchesthe chevron sign.

Answer: achondroplasia

Flashcard 15: Evidence of _____ includes subdural hematomas, retinal hemorrhages, cervical spine injury, and posterior rib fractures

Answer: Shaken Baby Syndrome

Flashcard 16: When the neck-shaft angle is <_____, the condition is known as coxa vara

Answer: 120

Flashcard 17: _____ sign evaluates skeletal maturation using the ossification of the iliac apophysis, in the evaluation of scoliosis

Answer: Risser's

Flashcard 18: What is the management of fracture neck of femur if patient age 3 weeks (MRI shows viability) ?_____

Answer: fixation with osteotomy

Flashcard 19: Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip can be treated with a Pavlik Harness, which keeps the hips _____ and abducted

Answer: flexed

Flashcard 20: _____ can be used in displaced fractures of the femoral shaft in children less than 2 years of age and weight less than 12kgs.

Answer: Gallows traction