Orthopaedics & MSK — Flashcards

Flashcard 81: Spot diagnosis = _____

Answer: Smith's fracture

Flashcard 82: What is the management of a open/unstable/significantly displaced/neurovascularly comprimised clavicle fracture ? _____

Answer: Surgical; Open Reduction & Internal Fixation (ORIF)

Flashcard 83: What is the investigation for clavicle fractures? _____

Answer: X-rays; AP & cephalic tilt views

Flashcard 84: Complications of _____ scaphoid fractures include avascular necrosis and nonunion due to retrograde blood supply

Answer: proximal

Flashcard 85: Clavicle fractures present with _____ that is exacerbated by movement ± erythema, ecchymosis, & swelling

Answer: shoulder pain

Flashcard 86: _____ fracture is commonly caused by direct trauma with a clenched fist to an object

Answer: Boxer's

Flashcard 87: In a supracondylar fracture of the humerus, anterolateral displacement of the proximal fracture fragment can result in damage to the _____

Answer: radial nerve

Flashcard 88: A female with osteoporosis presents after a FOOSH with wrist pain, swelling, & ↓ movement. What is the likely diagnosis? _____ (pretend this is an elderly women's hand...)

Answer: Colles fracture

Flashcard 89: Scaphoid injury most commonly occurs in _____ who are male

Answer: young adults

Flashcard 90: Colles fracture is caused by FOOSH with a(n) _____ wrist Smith's fracture is caused by a fall on a(n) flexed wrist

Answer: extended

Extra: Colles Fracture: Distal radius fracture with dorsal displacement (Dinner fork deformity). Mechanism: FOOSH with wrist extension. Smith Fracture: Distal radius fracture with ventral/palmar displacement (Garden spade deformity). Mechanism: Fall on a flexed wrist.