Back to Basics: Digit Flexor Tendons
Need a refersher for the FDP vs. FDS? Read on for a quick review.
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Orthopedics
Direct Measurement of Compartment Pressure Using a Stryker Device
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Acute compartment syndrome is a surgical emergency. Measurements of compartment pressures are an important adjunct to making the diagnosis. Check out this post for a video demonstration on how to operate the Stryker Device
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Board Review: Orthopedics
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A 12 year old female is tackled in a soccer game. She arrives with her knee in flexion and her patella laterally displaced. She is neurovascularly intact. Skin is intact. She cannot extend the knee. What is the diagnosis?
A. Patella Dislocation
B. Knee Dislocation
C. Quad Tendon Rupture
D. Patella Tendon Rupture
Answer is A - Patella Dislocation
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Advanced Practice: Ganglion Cysts
A 31 y.o. female presents to your ED with a wrist lesion. You believe it is a ganglion cyst but are unsure of management. Here are some pearls to properly advise your patient.
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Back to Basics: Forearm Fracture-Dislocations
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A quick visual summary of forearm fracture-dislocations
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Advanced Practice: Physical Exam for Rotator Cuff Injuries
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Your patient presents with shoulder pain. The x-ray appears normal and you suspect a rotator cuff injury. Here are some pearls....
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Back to Basics: First Metacarpal Fractures
Looking for a quick review of first metacarpal fractures? Read no further.
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Board Review: Ankle Injuries
Back to Basics: Finger in Flexion
A 38 year old male with a past medical history of IV drug use presented with right 4th finger pain. It is held in slight flexion, there is swelling over the tendon, and pain with palpation and slight extension.
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Back to Basics: Supracondylar Fractures
What's the most common elbow fracture in children?
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