Open fractures– Dr. Gosser
- Gustilo-Anderson classification: type 1-3
- Management: if vascular compromise > attempt reduction, irrigate wound, immobilize in splint, abx, tdap, ortho consult
- Antibiotics: cefazolin, add gentamycin for complex, add fluoroquinolones for fresh water, add doxy for salt water wounds
- Complications: surgical site infection, osteomyelitis, surgical amputation, neurovascular injury, compartment syndrome
Splinting- Dr. Rizzo
- Proximal humerus: cuff and collar
- Supracondylar: posterior long arm
- Distal radius and ulnar: sugar tong
- Distal tibia: posterior short leg w or w/o stirrups
- 5th metacarpal: ulnar gutter
Room 9 Follow up- Dr. Roberts
- Aortic dissection
- Symptoms: chest pain, abdo pain, syncope, stroke-like symptoms, paraplegia
- Widened mediastinum on CXR in 40% of patients
- Tx: BP control- short-acting beta blockers > long-acting, such as esmolol or labetalol; vasodilators such as nicardipine, clevidipine, nitroglycerine, nitroprusside
- Ruptured aortic aneurysm
- Symptoms: hypotensions, abdominal pain, pulsatile mass
- Unstable > bedside ultrasound vs stable > CT w/ contrast
- Tx: SBP 80-90, esmolol if HTN
- Bowel perforation
- Tx: fluids, NPO, abx, ppi, surgery consult, pain control
- Decompensated cirrhosis
- SBP tx: third gen cephalosporin, fluoroquinolone, carbapenem
Eponymous Fractures- Dr. Eisenstat
- LeFort 1: horizontal maxillary, teeth from face
- Lefort 2: pyramidal fracture, maxilla, orbital wall, nasal bone
- LeFort 3: craniofacial disjunction, assox with CSF leak, temporalis muscle disruption
- Chance: involves all 3 columns, assox with seat belt injury
- Clay Shoveler: lower C spine process (usually C7), stable
- Jefferson: C1 burst fx from axial loading (diving)
- Bennett vs Rolando: 2 vs 3 fx fragments of 1st metacarpal > thumb spica
- Bankart: glenohumeral avulsion with ant shoulder dislocation
- Hill Sachs: humeral head depression fx
- Monteggia: proximal ulna, dislocation of radial head; peds FOOSH
- Galeazzi: distal radius fx with radio/ulnar dislocation
- Boxer: distal metacarpal fx, no rotation accepted
- Chauffer: radial styloid, direct blow to back of wrist
- Colles: FOOSH, elderly women, distal radius, indication for DEXA scan
- Smith: fall on flexed wrist
- Game-keeper/Skier thumb: rupture of ulnar collateral ligament, caused by forced abduction, thumb spica > possible OR
- Jones: base of 5th metatarsal, NWB 6-8 wks
- Lisfranc: separation between tarsal bones, ligamentous injury in midfoot joint
- Maisonneuve injury: tib/fib syndesmosis, proximal fib fracture
- Pilon: comminuted distal tib
- Segond: avulsion fracture assox with ACL tear
- Weber classification of lateral malleolus fracture: A below, B @, C above syndesmosis
- Salter harris classification of physeal fractures