TRAUMA
PATELLA AND EXTENSOR MECHANISM INJURIES PATELLAR FRACTURES Epidemiology Represent 1% of all skeletal injuries…
INFERIOR GLENOHUMERAL DISLOCATION (LUXATIO ERECTA) This very rare injury is more common in elderly individual…
SUPERIOR GLENOHUMERAL DISLOCATION · This very rare injury is less common than inferior glenohumeral dislocati…
OLECRANON FRACTURES EPIDEMIOLOGY Bimodal distribution, with younger individuals sustaining an olecranon fract…
FEMORAL HEAD EPIDEMIOLOGY Almost all are associated with hip dislocations. These fractures complicate approxi…
PEDIATRIC HIP PEDIATRIC HIP FRACTURES Epidemiology Hip fractures are rare in children, occurring less than 1%…
Atlas Fractures These are rarely associated with neurologic injury. Instability invariably equates to the pre…
HAND INJURIES EPIDEMIOLOGY Metacarpal and phalangeal fractures are common, comprising 10% of all fractures; >…
MULTIPLE TRAUMA INTRODUCTION High-velocity trauma is the number one cause of death in the 18- to 44-year-old …
WRIST INJURIES EPIDEMIOLOGY The annual incidence of carpal fractures in the United States was reported at mor…
GENERAL SPINE Axial Skeleton Fractures EPIDEMIOLOGY There are approximately 12,000 new spinal cord injuries r…
FEMORAL SHAFT Fractures EPIDEMIOLOGY The highest age- and gender-specific incidences of femoral shaft fractur…
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