Pediatric Thoracolumbar Spine Fractures

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Introduction ▪ Injuries to the thoracic and lumbar spine in pediatric patients are less frequent than injuries of the cervical spine, although they are not rare. ▪ Injuries are typically…

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Pediatric Fractures of the Pelvis and Acetabulum

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Introduction ▪ Although pelvic fractures are rare in children (<0.2%), they are associated with injury to numerous other organ systems because they are typically the result of high-energy mechanisms. ▪…

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Spine

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Approximately 30% of patients with polytrauma in the United States have a spine injury documented during their evaluation, of which about 13%, or 4% of all polytrauma victims, have spine…

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Hip and Thigh

Sep 30, 2019 by in ORTHOPEDIC Comments Off on Hip and Thigh

Anatomy A good understanding of the femoroacetabular joint is necessary to appreciate hip pathology fully and help guide the physical examination. The hip is a diarthrodial joint consisting of bony…

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Multiple Trauma

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In 2007, the National Center for Health Statistics noted there were 182,479 injury-related deaths. Unintentional injuries ranked as the fifth most common cause of death. The leading causes of death…

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Perioperative Assessment

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A preoperative evaluation is a comprehensive review of a patient. It is done to determine a patient’s stability for surgery and how to optimize existing medical conditions for the proposed…

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Pregnancy

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An obstetric patient who presents after trauma or is undergoing a surgical procedure requires special attention. Normal physiologic adaptations to pregnancy include changes in maternal hemodynamic and respiratory parameters. In…

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