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Jun 14, 2024 · Hairline fracture wrist child. Treatment is usually with a cast worn on your arm up to your elbow for 6-12 weeks. Follow up in fracture clinic is not usually required.A distal radius fracture almost always occurs about 1 inch from the end of the bone. broken leg, foot, or ankle.
Jun 16, 2024 · Imaging Findings. Stress fractures may take up to 7-14 days to appear on conventional radiographs. Most occur in posterior half of calcaneous. Vertically oriented zone of increased density on lateral radiograph. Perpendicular to the trabecular lines. Usually oriented parallel to the curve of the posterior calcaneus.
Jun 21, 2024 · Coracoid fractures represent <1% of all fractures and ~7.5% (range 2-13%) of scapular fractures 1. Pathology. In general, the coracoid process tends to fracture at its base and be minimally displaced. They have been divided into two types: type I: fracture proximal to the coracoclavicular ligament
Jun 24, 2024 · The confusing term ‘ pseudo-Jones fracture ’ is also used to refer to these avulsion fractures and is superfluous since ‘avulsion fracture of the fifth metatarsal tuberosity’ perfectly describes the mechanism and anatomical location. The distinction is clinically important; Jones fractures and stress fractures of the fifth metatarsal ...
Jun 11, 2024 · Epidemiology. Proximal humeral fractures represent around 5% of all fractures ? . They are most common in older populations, especially in osteoporotic ones. As with other injuries, there is a bimodal distribution with a small peak amongst the young. The majority of proximal humeral fractures occur in the elderly (mean age 65 years) with ~70% ...
Jun 17, 2024 · The neck of talus is a hypovascular junction. Stress fracture of the talus is commonly seen in footballers and track/ field athletes. The talus is more susceptible to developing a stress fracture when the ankle is repeatedly overpronated and plantar flexed or rolling in and flattening at the same time as pointing the foot downwards.
Jun 24, 2024 · Lateral humeral condyle fractures also referred to simply as lateral condyle fractures (in the appropriate context), are relatively common elbow fractures that predominantly occur in children. They may be subtle but are hugely important to diagnose promptly because if they are missed, they tend to migrate dorsally and can have significant ...
