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What are reasons for ordering radiographic tests in ortho?

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  • hx of blunt trauma
  • deformity of bone or jt following injury
  • hx of pain, swelling, or loss of motion of a jt, sense of instability
  • infection
  • fb
  • night pain
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Use of MRI in general?

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  • provides good contrast b/t diff soft tissue of body, makes it especially useful in imaging brain, muscles, heart, cancers compared w/ other medical imaging techniques
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Use of MRI in ortho?

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  • eval soft tissue injury as apposed to bony injury. Ex is ligament injury, tendon injury, muscle
  • better eval of soft tissue mass
  • R/O fluid collection in body
  • define abnormalities w/in bone seen on x-ray
  • r/o stress fracture or infection (osteomyelitis)
  • eval spinal injury (gold standard for spine)
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Specific structures we analyze w/ MRI?

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  • knee: ACL, MCL, PCL, LCL, meniscus, loose body
  • shoulder: rotator cuff, biceps, labrum
  • elbow: ulnar and radial ligaments, extensor and flexor tendon insertion for epicondylitis, biceps tendon rupture, loose body
  • wrist: extensor carpi ulnaris injury, TFCC tear
  • ankle and foot: anterior tibial tendon injury, peroneal, tibial tendon, achilles tendon partial tear
  • hip: labral tear
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Soft tissue masses seen on MRI?

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  • lipoma
  • hematoma
  • osteosarcoma
  • ganglion cyst
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Fluid collection that can be seen on MRI?

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  • effusion of jt, shoulder, hip
  • no need for MRI olecranon bursitis, patellar bursitis
  • infection fluid collection w/in soft tissue compartments
  • baker’s cyst in knee
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Bone abnorm you can see on MRI?

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  • stress fracture: tibia, metatarsals, tibial plateau, femoral neck
  • lytic or blastic lesions seen on xray
  • bone contusion
  • r/o occult fracture, scaphoid
  • avascular necrosis
  • osteomyelitis
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Spine pathology that you can dx on MRI?

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  • herniated disc
  • bulged disc
  • spinal stenosis
  • compression fx, acute vs chronic
  • neoplasm
  • pars defect (acute vs chronic)
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Reasons for ordering CT scan in ortho?

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  • cervical injury: due to mult overlapping shadows and images on xray, CT scan better r/o cervical fx after trauma
  • reconstructing and better defining communited fx such as: acetbaular fx, calcaneous, articular**
  • eval jts for preop eval for surgery
  • better for bony surfaces
  • CT myelogram of spine for individuals that can’t undergo MRI due to pacemaker or other metal objects. Myelogram is CT w/ radiographic dye injected into dura
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What is a bone scan? Used for?

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  • nuclear medicine study: inject small amt of radioactive material and then scanned w/ gamma camera
  • scan may be full body or localized: SPECT
  • will show bone turn over and osteoblastic activity, but won’t show osteoclastic activity
  • used for bone mets: prostate, less for lytic lesions (MM), also used for stress fracture, infection, occult fx
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Ways to describe fx on xray? How many xrays should be done?

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  • displacement
  • angulation (where is apex of fx?)
  • avulsion
  • impaction
  • intra-articular
  • comminuted
  • spiral
  • greenstick
  • buckle
  • transverse vs oblique
  • number depends on location and injury: usually 2 views of 90 degrees to eachother, re-xr in a week
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How many xray shoulder views should you get?

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  • AP: good for AC jt
  • axillary: can see lesser tuberosity, glenohumeral jt
  • Y: indication is if pt can’t give axillary view, trying to see dislocation
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How many X-ray views of humerus are done?

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  • AP and lateral
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Elbow xrays: how many views?

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  • AP (looking for avulsion fx) and lateral (have 90 degrees flexion)
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What dictates if it is a true forearm xray?

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  • need full forearm in X-ray including wrist and elbow

- get AP and lateral

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Wrist xrays?

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  • AP, lateral and oblique
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Hand xray positions?

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  • AP, lateral, oblique
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Lumbar spine xrays? what are we looking for?

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  • AP and lateral
  • can get oblique: looking for pars fx (scotty dog)
  • spinous processes
  • kyphosis, lordosis
  • arthritis
  • SI jts: arthritis
  • ankylosing spondylitis: see in SI jts first b/f bamboo spine
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Pelvis xray?

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want entire ring

  • can see rami fx, want to see L5-S1
  • get CT for pelvic fx (don’t want to miss anything)
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What are we looking for on Hip AP?

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  • at acetabulum, femoral head (want it to be concave not convex - acetbaular femoral impingement)
  • looking for crescent sign: AVN
    RFs for AVN:
    corticosteroids
    previous fx, hip dislocation
    ETOH
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Xray views of knee?

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AP, lateral, sunrise (can see patella)

- make sure wt bearing films are ordered (arthritis)

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Xray views of ankle?

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  • mortis, lateral and AP

- AP: can’t see lateral jt like mortis (wan to make sure jt space is even - if not may have fx higher up)

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xray views of foot?

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  • AP, lateral, oblique

- want to see tibial-talar jt, tarsals

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Characteristics of clavicle fx? Dx?

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  • MC fx bone in kids and adolescents
  • males more than females
  • 80% middle third
  • 15% distal
  • 5% proximal
  • dx:
    H and P
    XRs: AP - see both SC and AC jts, zanca view (30-45 degree cephalic tilt - helps to eval displacement and comminution)
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MC dislocation of humerus? Why is this?
- anterior b/c of pec muscle
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Characteristics of humeral head fxs? Dx?
- 2nd MC UE fx - older than 65 3rd MC fx (1: radius, 2: hip) - usually in adults older than 65 - females more than males - surgical neck more common than anatomical neck -dx: XRs: AP, lateral, and scap Y CT: if articular involvement of glenoid and humeral head
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Tx of humeral head fxs?
tx comorbidities that may increase risk of nonunion: - osteoporosis - alcoholism - tobacco use - mental illness - steroid use - rheum diseases
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Humeral shaft fx characteristics? Dx?
- usually occr from high impact injury (fall) - worried about radial nerve - dx: XRs - AP and lateral, get shoulder and elbow in views
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Presentation of anterior dislocation of humerus? Posterior?
- on xray: looks like humeral head is depressed | - posterior: almost looks normal, may look elevated
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What muscle may pull on ulna if there is olecranon fx?
- triceps may pull up olecranon
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Diff midforeram fx? Tx?
- radius and ulna: midshaft are unstable - refer to ortho - isolated ulnar fx: if displaced less than 50% bone diameter and less than 10 degrees of angulation. Short arm cast 2 wks then fxnl splint 2-6 wks
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MC radial fx?
- distal radial - FOOSH - 1/6 of all fx tx - xrays: radial inclination, radial ht: 1 cm, volar tilt: normal is 10 degrees
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Presentation of scaphoid fx?
- snuffbox tenderness | - worried about AVN of proximal end (retrograde blood flow)
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Dx scaphoid fx?
- xrays of wrist: PA, lateral and scaphoid view (AP w/ 30 degrees of supination and ulnar deviation) - look for widening of scapholunate distance (greater than 3 mm) - high risk of nonunion: greatest at proximal pole - xrays may be normal initially: if snuffbox tenderness and xrays negative be very suspicious - tx? - repeat xray in 101-4 days - bone scan: more cost effective than MRI, can show uptake in 72 hrs - MRI: sensitivity same as bone scan, better specificity, but spendy - CT: helps see fx line and displacement
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Diff metacarpal fxs? Tx?
thumb: - bennet's: fx combined w/ subluxation or dislocation of metacarpal jt - rolando fx: T or Y shaped fx involving jt space - if extra articular fx: can consider closed reduction and thumb spica cast for 4-6 wks (less than 25 degrees angulation and rotation are acceptable limits for thumb) - boxer's fx: 5th metacarpal 1st time, if rotates while making a first - needs to be fixed
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Tx of proximal phalanx fx that is transverse?
- splint
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What heals faster: spiral or transverse fx?
- spiral: more bone to bone surface area
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What fxs of fingers reqr further referral to ortho?
- anything that involves articulating surfaces
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Tx of distal phalanx fx? When does this occur?
- usually from slamming finger in a door (tuft fx) - tx if closed w/ minimal to no displacement-tuft or shaft: stable, Al splint over tip of finger for 3-4 wks, leave PIP free
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Pistol grip deformity is a sign of what?
- femoroacetabular impingement (some portion of the soft tissue around hip socket is getting pinched or compressed) - present w/ deep groin pain w/ activities that stress hip motion, may be clicking, catching
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Tx for patellar transverse fx?
- straight leg knee immobilizer
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Medial or lateral arthritis more common in knee?
- medial
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What type of imaging should you get for tibial plateau fx?
- CT
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MC etiology of isolated fibular shaft fx?
- direct trauma
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What should you be concerned about if you see distal fibular fx on xray?
- ankle fx | - or vice versa: get ankle xray to look for widening of syndesmosis - means there is a fx more proximally
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If you see medial malleolar fx what else will most likely be present?
- lateral fx
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What is a Jones fx?
- proximal shaft of 5th metatarsal aka dancer's fx - type 1: nondisplaced or displaced (less than 2 mm) tx: short leg cast w/ strict non-wt bearing for 6-8 wks (may take longer) - all types (I-III) consider surgical fixation - run risk of nonunion (proximal area)
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Tx for plantar fasciatis?
- stretching
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How will osteosarcoma present?
- will be warm to the touch on palpation (high metabolism)
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MC benign bone tumor?
- osteochondroma
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Axillary view of XR looks at what?
- glenoid-humeral jt
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What is a buckle fx? MC in what pop?
- MC in kids - forearm fx - compression fx on one side of bone to bend or buckle toward damaged side (stable fx)
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Nursemaid's elbow?
- child's arm pulled = leads to subluxation of radial head, slips anteriorly out of annular ligament - usually under 4 - present w/ extremity full pronated, flexed and held tightly to side - AP and lateral films usually done - tx: supinate and flex forearm and applly posteriorly directed pressure
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What is SCFE?
- weakneing of epiphyseal plate of femur, resulting in displacement of femoral head, may be bilateral - typicall presents: 10-16yo - boys more than girls, obese, athletically inclined, african americans - most cases are idiopathic but in younger child consider metabolic cause (hypothyroidism, or hypopituitarism) - presentation: insidious hip, thigh, or knee pain assoc w/ painful limp - imaging: lateral xrays will show post and medial displacement of epiphysis, best assessed when in frog leg or lateral hip view - tx: pinning in situ is definitive - should be on crutches and non-wt bearing
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