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MSK T eaching series:
Session 1, Fractures
Delivered by: Hossein Abolmohammadpour Bonab
Delivered by: Dr Sari Al HajajDisclaimer
BIDA SW teaching is led by students
with supervision of junior doctors and
consultants across the UK.
These teachings are created to support
students’ learning but should not
replace your local Medical School
teaching material. Objectives
• Review some common/high yield fractures including: how to assess, investigate
and manage them.
• Review the basic principles of interpreting a plain film radiograph of the MSK
system
• Describe fractures and be able to recognise the key features of a plain film
radiograph of the MSK system.
• Recognise some of the common pathologies on a plain radiograph of MSK system Fracture assessment
• A-E
• History => who?/what?/when?/where?/why?
• Examine => do not forget to check for other injuries
• Investigations
Fracture assessment (1) Details
• Patient
• Date of Radiograph
• Previous Radiograph
• 2 different views
Normal femur, X ray interpretation (2,3) Adequacy
• Area (joint above & below)
• Rotation
• Exposure
Normal femur X ray (2, 3) ABCS approach
• Alignment
• Bones
• Cartilage
• Soft tissues
Normal femur X ray (2, 3)How to report a fracture
• Location => metaphysis?/epiphysis?/articular surface?
• What is the type of fracture? (Transverse?/Oblique?)
• Is this Open vs Closed
• Any pathological changes present?
How to report a fracture (2)Management 4R’s
• Resuscitate
• Reduce
• Retain
• Rehabilitate
Fracture management (1) Fracture types
Fracture types (4) Angulations: Dorsal vs Volar
Radius fractures (5) Angulation vs
Displacement
Radius fractures (6)Case 1
A 42-year-old male involved in a high-speed motor vehicle accident
presented to the emergency department with severe pain, swelling,
and deformity of his left thigh.Case 1
“displaced oblique femoral mid shaft fracture” (7)Case 2
A 30-year-old female, was walking down the stairs at her home
when she missed a step and fell, twisting her right ankle. She
experienced immediate pain and swelling in her ankle and was
unable to bear weight on the affected foot.Case 2
“a horizontal fracture through the lateral malleolus, below
the level of the ankle joint, consistent with Weber A” (8) Weber classifications
Weber classification (8) Weber classifications
Vs
Weber classification (8)Case 3
a 25-year-old male, fell off his skateboard and landed on his
outstretched hand, resulting in immediate pain and
swelling in his wrist.Case 3
“transverse fracture through the waist of the scaphoid” (9) Carpal bones
Carpal bones (1)Case 4
a 55-year-old female, tripped over a rug in her home
and fell onto her outstretched hand, resulting in
immediate pain and swelling in her wrist.Case 4
“Extra-articular fracture of distal radius with
dorsal angulation and impaction.” (10)Case 5
a 45-year-old male, fell off a ladder at work and landed
on his hand bent forward, resulting in immediate pain
and swelling in his wrist.Case 5
“A fracture of the distal radius with volar
angulation of the fractured distal fragment,
representing a Smith fracture. Widening of the
scapholunate interval is also noted.” (11)Colles vs Smith (12)Case 6
a 12-year-old female, fell from a bicycle and landed on
her outstretched arm, resulting in immediate pain and
swelling in her elbow.Case 6
“A displaced and overlapped fracture of the
ulnar shaft is present. Additionally the radial
head is dislocated anteriorly.” (13)Case 7
a 40-year-old male, was involved in a motorcycle
accident and fell onto his outstretched arm, resulting in
immediate pain and swelling in his wrist.Case 7
“Open transverse fracture at the junction of the
distal and middle third of the radial diaphysis
with volar dislocation of the distal radio-ulnar
joint.” (14)Monteggia vs Galeazzi (15)Case 8
a 25-year-old male, was playing football when he was tackled and
fell onto his shoulder, resulting in immediate pain and tenderness in
his collarbone.Case 8
“comminuted fracture of mid and distal third
significant displacement and overlap of the fracture ends”
(16) Classification
Normal clavicle (17)Image source: https://pub.mdpi-res.com/children/children-09-00049/article_deploy/html/images/children-09-00049-g001.png?1641189313Useful resources
• Geeky medics
• OSCEstop
• Radiology master class
• Radiopaedia (for all the cases) References
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6. Figure: Spatial relationship between Fracture Fragments [Internet]. MSD Manual Professional Edition. [cited 2023Mar8]. Available from:
https://www.msdmanuals.com/professional/multimedia/figure/spatial-relationship-between-fracture-fragments
7. Morgan M, Benoudina S. Femoral shaft fracture. Radiopaediaorg. 2013;
8. Al Kabbani A, Gaillard F. Weber classification of ankle fractures. Radiopaediaorg. 2008;
9. Murphy A, Datir A. Scaphoid fracture. Radiopaediaorg. 2008;
10. Niknejad M, Desai P. Colles fracture. Radiopaediaorg. 2008;
11. Foster T, Qureshi PA. Smith fracture. Radiopaediaorg. 2016;
12. Table: Wrist fractures: Colles and smith [Internet]. MSD Manual Consumer Version. [cited 2023Mar8]. Available from:
https://www.msdmanuals.com/en-kr/home/multimedia/table/wrist-fractures-colles-and-smith
13. Er A, Gaillard F. Monteggia fracture-dislocation. Radiopaediaorg. 2008;
14. Kusel K, Gaillard F. Galeazzi fracture-dislocation. Radiopaediaorg. 2008;
15. Er A, Stanislavsky A. Galeazzi and monteggia fracture-dislocations (mnemonic). Radiopaediaorg. 2010;
16. Hacking C, Datir A. Clavicular fracture. Radiopaediaorg. 2008;
17. Hacking C. Normal clavicle radiographs. Radiopaediaorg. 2015;FOR FEEDBACK AND QUERIES:
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