– Discussion: – Miss A Nail Aiming Jig permits single or dual, 7.0 mm cannulated screw or 6.5 mm cancellous screw fixation of the femoral neck frx before nail insertion, for a sound surgical approach to a demanding clinical situation; – may be placed anterior (or anterior and posterior) to path of nail; … Read more
– Discussion of Treatment of Recent Dislocations and Fracture-Dislocations of the Shoulder – maintains that biceps and subscapularis muscle offers the chief resistance to reduction; – in anatomic position, w/ humerus at side, direction of various muscles around shoulder girdle seems to completely haphazard; – constancy of this effect must be attributed … Read more
– Discussion: – is most common distal fracture; – intact ligaments hold frag together & prevent rotation, tilting, sig displacment; – this is an interligament frx which occurrs between conoid & trapezoid or CC & AC ligs
– Discussion: – for severe HTN associated with end organ damage; – is a direct smooth muscle dilator; – Adult: – 5mg PO qd, increase as needed to 40 mg/day in 1-2 doses; – maximum daily dose is 100 mg/day
– See: Ligamentous Instability: – Discussion: – compressive forces are transmitted thru the posterior vertebral body wall onto the two Uncovertebral joints; – there is no significant disk material in this middle column; – tensile forces are w/ stood by posterior longitudinal ligament and the posterior Annulus fibrosus; … Read more
– See: – Characteristics of Phalangeal and Metacarpal Fracture: – Injury to the Phalanges: – Discussion: – important deforming force is the insertion of central slip into the dorsum of the base of the middle phalanx & insertion of flexor digitorum superficialis volarly; – … Read more
– See: – Cuboid Fracture – Jones Fracture – Lisfranc’s Fracture – Midtarsal Injuries – Navicular – Stress Fractures of the Forefoot and Midfoot – Transverse Tarsal Joint – Discussion: – fifth metatarsal fracture patterns; – Avulsion frx of base of 5th metatarsal from pull of peroneus brevis; – Jones frx – transverse fracture thru … Read more
(see also: Midfoot/Forefoot Fractures; Navicular Frx; Cuboid Frx; Longitudinal Stress Injuries of Midtarsal Joint) Medial Stress Injury type of sprain of the midtarsal joint; caused by inversion of the foot, inaddition, fracture subluxation of joint may be found; Lateral Stress Injury this injury is frequently misdiagnosed as an ankle sprain; characteristic feature of these injuries … Read more
– Discussion: (see: dynamic instability); – type of non dissociative carpal instability; – capitolunate joint has high potential for instability, since it is mainly stabilized only by radiocapitate ligament (and captiotriquetral ligament, to a lesser degree); (see wrist ligaments); – may result from malreduced radial styloid frx, or any … Read more
– Discussion: – extends lateromedially from mid-palmar septum to hypothenar eminence; – extends proximodistally to level of superficial palmar arch; – dorsally the bursa is bordered by the middle, ring, (and ? little) finger metacarpals and palmarly by the flexor tenons and lumbricals; – bursa functions to … Read more