MTST-283 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Degenerative Disc Disease, Epiphysis, Flail Chest
17 Jul 2018
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Comminuted - more than two pieces of bone. Greenstick - doesn"t break fully, usually in children. Lower limbs take longer to heal than upper. Someone has cast on arm, shoulder is sore wants massage. Or too tight (fingertip colour), vascular compression. Vascular compression if bone hasnt healed properly. Collies fracture: distal segment of radius is displaced radially- posterior (dinner fork) Pott"s: fibula, medial malleolus, deltoid are all affected. Treat compensating structures - l sided collies fracture it would be r arm, upper traps, neck, compounds at shoulder. Flail chest: ribs break and broken piece goes in as others go out and vice versa. Wolff"s law - more pressure is applied to an area, the more bone will build up. Jones/dance fracture - styloid process of fifth metatarsal. Osteoarthritis: slow progressive disorder characterized by degeneration of articular hyaline cartilage and proliferation of subchondral bone. Most common form of arthritis encountered in clinical practice.
