Procedures: truma, mobile, surgical

What is important about truma routies

always have 2 images 90 degrees from eachother

What is another word for Dislocation

luxation

Subluxation:

partial dislocation

Nursemaid’s elbow

partial dislocation of the radial head

Sprain:

forced wrenching or twisting of a joint

resulting inpartial rupture of tearing of supporting ligament

Contusion:

“bruise”-type injury with possible avulsion fracture

Apposition:

relationship of long axes of fracture fragments

Types of Apposition:

Anatomic apposition: hair-line

Lack of Apposition: pulled apart, not touching

Bayonet apposition: fx and displaced

Angulation:

loss of alignment of the fx

Varus angulation:

inversion, towards midline

Valgus angulation:

eversion, away from midline

Simple fx:

closed, does not break through skin

Compound fx:

open, protrudes through skin

Imcomplete fx:

fx does not transverse through entire bone

Types of Incomplete fx

Torus fx

Greenstick fx

Plastic fx

Greenstick fx

cortex is broken only on one side and bone curving on other side

Complete fx:

two pieces

Types of complete fx

transverse fx

oblique fx

Spiral fx

Comminuted fx:

two or more pieces

Types of comminuted fx

Segmental fx

Butterfly fx

Splintered fx

Segmental fx:

broken into 3 pieces (2 breaks)

Butterfly fx:

triangular wedge

Splintered fx:

sharp fragmants

Impact fx:

one fragment push into another (caprals)

Colles’ Fracture

Posterior displacement of distal radius

(fall on outstretched hand)

Reverse Colles’ fx

anterior displacement of distal radius

(fall backwards)

Monteggia’s

fx of proximal ulna w/dislocated radial head

Pott’s fx

Ankle fx of distal fibula

often medial malleolus too

Baseball (Mallet) fx

Distal phalges

Barton fx

posterior lip of radius

Bennett’s fx

Base of 1st metacarpal

Hangman’s fx

pedicles of C2

Hutchinson’s fx

Radial styloid process

Stellate fx type

fx lines radiate from center point (patella)

Tuft fx

comminuted fx of distal phalanx

Trimalleolar fx

Fracture of the lateral, medial, and posterior malleoli

Avulsion fx

fracture of bone separted by tendon

Blowout/tripod fx

fx due to direct blow to orbit, maxillae, or zygoma

Stress fx

pathologic fracture that is non-traumatic in origin