– See: – PA View – Radial Inclination – Discussion: – AP has the dorsum of the hand touching the film, with the x-ray beam passing palmar to dorsal, whereas in a PA film, the palmar surface lies flat on the film and the x-ray beam passes from the dorsal to palmar surface; – palmar … Read more
– See: – Antibiotic Menu – Osteomyelitis – Perioperative Prophylactic Antibiotics: – the main question we need to ask is what are we trying to accomplish? – obviously we want a strategy that prevents the infection of MRSA, MSSA, staph epi, and anaerobic infections; – giving ancef alone, … Read more
– See: – stabilizers of the shoulder – shoulder capsule – Discussion: – originates as a portion of fibrous glenoid labrum anteroinferiorly; – there are two subdivisions of this ligament: an anterior and posterior bands along with the intervening axillary pouch; – antero-inferior portion of normal … Read more
– Discussion: – ON THE ARTICULATIONS. by Hippocrates. – pathoanatomy: – bankart lesion – hill sachs lesion – stabilizers of the shoulder: – … Read more
– Discussion: – Anterior Talofibular ligament is the primary restraint in anterior drawer test; – testing of ankle in 10 deg of plantar flexion results in greatest amount of translation, although one cadaveric study showed that maximum anterior excursion occurs in dorsiflexion; – injury of the calcaneofibular lig does not increase amount of the anterior drawer; … Read more
– See: Autograft Discussion – Anterior Crest: Corticocancellous Graft: – position in the supine position with bump under the hip; – make an incision along the undersurface of the anterior crest, beginning about 2 cm posterior to the ASIS which continues a distance of about 7 cm; … Read more
– See: Autograft Discussion – Technique: – the middle crest is quite thin and can be easily shattered; – subperiosteaally, dissect the abdominal musculature and iliacus from the inner wall; – after the tendinous decussation of the gluteal and abdominal muscles has been incised along the supero-lateral aspect of the … Read more
– See: – Anterolateral Approach to Forearm – Forearm Flexors – Plating Techniques – Radial Shaft Fractures: Discussion – Discussion: – anterior approach of Henry utilizes interval between brachioradialis (radial nerve) & pronator teres (or FCR distally, which are innervated by the median nerve); – … Read more
– See: Anterior Approach to Cervical Spine: – Discussion: – Smith Robinson disectomy & block fusion is preferred over Cloward dowel for involvement of one or two interspaces; – for multi-level spondylosis & myelopathy, w/ more extensive anterior decompression involving excision of osteophytes & multiple vertebrectomies, a strut graft fusion … Read more
– Discussion: – retrograde IM nailing – Workup for Femoral Shaft Frx – PreOp Planning: – rule out femoral neck fracture: – Is Reconstruction Nailing of All Femoral Shaft Fractures Cost Effective? A Decision Analysis. – Diagnosis of femoral neck fracture associated with femoral shaft fracture: blinded comparison of computed tomography and plain … Read more