Orthopedic Care and Consultation
Following are anteroposterior and lateral views of an ankle injury showing fracture of lateral malleolus in an adult along with subluxation of ankle..
Here is the anteroposterior xray showing the fracture and increased joint space on the medial side [marked by arrow] indicating subluxation
Fracture of Lateral Malleolus with Ankle Subluxation
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Following xrays are of a foreign body in hand. The foreign body in this case is a needle which was stuck in index finger and on attempted removal got broken.
Here is the anteroposterior view of the broken needle showing needle part at level of proximal phalanx of index finger.
A Broken Needle In Proximal Phalanx Of Index Finger - AP Xray
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Bennett’s fracture is intra-articular fracture of the first metacarpal base that extends into carpometacarpal joint as shown in the image below. In most of the cases this fracture is accompanied by either subluxation or dislocation of the
carpometacarpal joint.
Bennett's Fracture
Above xray belongs to 55 years old male who suffered this injury following a fall from bike. Patient
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A patient with old operated and united intertrochanteric fracture was operated for another injury in the same limb. For suprcondylar fracture of femur.
The following image was taken after 4 weeks of surgery
Femoral Condylar Plate In Patient With Prevoius DHS
Though the complete profile is not visible, one can make out the outline of DHS (Dynamic Hip Screw).
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Posterior lip of tibial plafond is known as posterior malleolus
The xray below shows an isolated fracture of posterior malleolus of tibia.
Isolated Posterior Malleolus TIbia Fracture
Postrior malleolus fractures in isolation are less common than the fracture along with medial or lateral malleolus. Some times all of these are fractured, a fracture known as Trimalleolar fracture.
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Lateral Head Tibial Buttress Plate is used to fix upper end tibia fractures. Following photograph was taken during surgery of proximal tibia fractures
Peroperative Photograph Lateral head Tibial Buttress Plate In Proximal Tibia Fracture
The patient was 52 years old lady who fell from stairs. Patient developed deep vein thrombosis in postoperative period which was treated successfuly. Fracture eventually united and full range of motion in knee was regained.
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