Ortho Hors D'oeuvres (Prompt):
Patient is a 10 year-old boy brought into the emergency department for evaluation of one day of left hip pain. The boy is unable to bear weight. He denies any trauma. On physical examination, passive flexion of the knee to 90 degrees provokes external hip rotation, as below: X-rays show: Questions: 1) What is the key finding on x-ray? 2) What are the common risk factors and exam findings? 3) What is the management? #Orthopedicslowerextremity
Ortho Hors D'oeuvres (Answer):
To review, this is a 17 year-old girl presenting after a forced inversion injury to her right foot while playing soccer. Questions and Answers: 1) What is the key finding on x-ray? On this AP x-ray of the right foot you can see a fracture to the base of the 5th metatarsal. 2) What is the name of this injury? What are the major complications if it goes untreated? This fracture is called a Jones fracture. This fracture occurs in a vascular watershed area, which makes this fract
Ortho Hors D'oeuvres (Prompt):
Patient is a 17 year-old girl presenting after a forced inversion injury to her right foot while playing soccer. Has been ambulatory since but prefers to walk with some crutches that her older brother used last year. She has tenderness at the base of the fifth metatarsal so ankle films are obtained. X-rays show: Questions: 1) What is the key finding on x-ray? 2) What is the name of this injury? What are the major complications if it goes untreated? 3) What is the management
