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The neurovascular status must be examined in patients with supracondylar fractures. Avoid treating the patient with a cast that may cau...

Open Fractures Open fractures are categorized with the Gustilo-Anderson Classification. A Grade I Injury indicated a clean wound,...

Knee Dislocations Dislocations at the knee occur as a result of a violent trauma. For example, a Posterior Dislocation—the dashboar...

Dislocations occur more in total hip arthroplasty than in hemiarthroplasty. Too much retroversion causes posterior dislocation. Total h...

PASTA Lesions The acronym “PASTA”, stands for: P artial- The tear has not gone all the way through the tendon; A rticular surfa...

The most common joint affected by gout is the 1 st metatarsophalangeal joint. The most common joint affected by pesudogout is the knee ...

There are five major bones with previous blood supply. Fractures in these bones can interrupt this peculiar blood supply, causing a th...