Q: What name is given to this mandible fracture pattern which…
Q: What name is given to this mandible fracture pattern which also included a symphysis fracture? ANSWER: http://goo.gl/vSoRj
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SALTR – a useful memonic to help remember the five types…
SALTR – a useful memonic to help remember the five types of growth plate fracture (Salter-Harris classification). Fortunately the order also directly relates to prognosis from best to worse.
- S – slipped = type I
- A – above = type II
- L – lower = type III
- T – through or transverse or together = type IV
- R – ruined or rammed = type V
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Emergency Medicine Ireland: While we are a tumblr-centric blog, occasionally our content breaks free…
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QUIZ: Six elbows from six different patients. Can you identify…
QUIZ: Six elbows from six different patients. Can you identify which of them have joint effusions? Click for ANSWER
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Scotty dog sign – refers to the normal appearance of the lumbar…
Scotty dog sign – refers to the normal appearance of the lumbar spine posterior elements when seen on oblique views:
- the transverse process being the nose
- the pedicle forming the eye
- the inferior articular facet being the front leg
- the superior articular facet representing the ear
- the pars interarticularis (the lamina between the facets) equivalent to the neck.
If a spondylolysis is present, the pars interarticularis will have a defect and look like the Scotty dog has a collar – or doggy decapitation for those with a bloodier imagination!
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Volume rendered CT of a patient with severe rotoscoliosis and…
Volume rendered CT of a patient with severe rotoscoliosis and gibbus deformity.
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QUIZ: 12yo boy who fell whilst playing football. Can you spot…
QUIZ: 12yo boy who fell whilst playing football. Can you spot the important injury? Click for ANSWER.
HINT: Our CRITOE post from a few weeks ago may come in handy. Skip video to 3:32 for discussion of this specific case.
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