Orthopaedics & MSK — Flashcards

What is the mechanism of a scaphoid fracture? _____

What is the most common paediatric elbow fracture? _____

Complications of _____ scaphoid fractures include avascular necrosis and nonunion due to retrograde blood supply

What is the initial investigation for scaphoid fractures? _____

What is the management of a open/unstable/significantly displaced/neurovascularly comprimised clavicle fracture ? _____

Clavicle fractures more commonly occur in _____

Hint: demographic

_____ fractures occur in children who fall onto a hyperextended outstretched arm

Hint: humerus

Fractures to the _____ third of the clavicle have highest risk of complications (e.g. vascular injury, pneumothorax, brachial plexus injury)

Spot diagnosis = _____

_____ fractures occur with low-energy falls onto an outstretched hand in older patients

Hint: humerus