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Bone fracture types [for Star Wars fans]

GO C3PO: Greenstick Open Complete/ Closed/ Comminuted Partial Others · Note: C3P0 is droid in the Star-Wars movies. Show Details / Rate It ---Anonymous Contributor

Pagets disease of bone: signs and symptoms

PANICS: Pain Arthralgia Nerve compression / Neural deafness Increased bone density Cardiac failure Skull / Sclerotic vertebrae Show Details / Rate It ---Andrew Young UMDS

Fracture: how to describe

PLASTER OF PARIS: Plane Location Articular cartilage involvement Simple or comminuted Type (eg Colles') Extent Reason Open or closed Foreign bodies disPlacement Angulation Rotation Impaction Shortening Show Details / Rate It ---Fletcher Davies Adelaide Medical School

Forearm fractures: bone in Monteggia vs. Galeazzi

Monteggia is fracture of ulna. Therefore, Galeazzi is fracture of radius. Show Details / Rate It ---Dr R. Coleman Junior House Officer

Salter Harris fracture classification

Salter Harris, modified to SALTR: type 1: Slipped epiphysis type 2: Above the eiphyseal plate type 3: Lower than the eiphyseal plate type 4: Through both above and below eiphyseal plate type 5: Raised epiphysis, as in a compression injury · Salter Harris classification utilises visualising long bone distal portion with diaphysis superiorly placed and epiphysis inferiorly placed. Show Details / Rate It ---Anonymous Contributor

Carpal tunnel syndrome: treatment

WRIST: Wear splints at night Rest Inject steroid Surgical decompression Take diuretics Show Details / Rate It ---Sushant Varma University of Sheffield, UK

Monoarthritis differential

GHOST: Gout Haemarthrosis Osteoarthritis Sepsis Trauma Show Details / Rate It ---Polly Weston Bristol University Med School

Bryant's traction: position

BrYant's traction: Bent Y. · Patient's body is the stem of the Y laying on the bed, and legs are the ends of the Y up in the air. Show Details / Rate It ---Kayle Luther

Osteosarcoma: risk factors

PRIMARY: Paget's Radiation Infaction of bone Male Alcohol, poor diet, sedentary lifestyle [adults only] Retinoblastoma, Li-Fraumeni syndrome Young [10-20 yrs] · Osteosarcoma is the most common primary malignant tumor of bone. Show Details / Rate It ---Robert O'Connor University College Dublin

Sacroiliitis: causes

PUB CAR: Psoriasis Ulcerative colitis Behcet's disease Crohn's disease Ankylosing spondylitis Reiter's disease Show Details / Rate It ---Chris Brewer University of Birmingham Medical School

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Fracture: description

BLT LARD: Bone Location on bone Type of fracture Lengthening Angulation Rotation Displacement Show Details / Rate It ---Brian Crownover Staff Family Physician, Offutt AFB, Nebraska

Nonunion of bones: differential

You need a SPLINT: Soft tissue interposition Position of reduction (too much traction, immobilization, or movement) Location (eg. lower third of tibia slow to heal) Infection Nutritional (damaged vessels or diseased bone) Tumor (pathological fracture) Show Details / Rate It ---Anonymous Contributor

Joints classification, by amount of allowed movement at joint

SAD: Synarthroses Amphiarthroses Diarthroses Show Details / Rate It ---C. K-Murphy

Fracture: describing (short version)

DOCTOR: Displaced vs. non-displaced Open vs. closed Complete vs. incomplete Transverse fracture vs. linear fracture Open Reduction vs. closed reduction Show Details / Rate It ---C. K-Murphy