Orthopedic Care and Consultation
Eleven years old boy fell from stairs and injured his elbow.
Puckering of Anterior Skin In A Supracondylar Fracture
The boy had probably had supracondylar fracture [Later confirmed with xray].
The skin as shown above had puckered due to getting caught between the fracture fragments.
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Fracture of upper end of femur in an eight years old child. If you notice carfefully, you can see a lytic lesion at the site of the fracture.
Pathological Fracture of Upper End Femur in A Child
This fracture was associated with trivial fall and though the patient or attendants gave no previous history of any problem in the affected limb, the xray showed a lytic lesion, making it a pathological fracture.
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Child abuse is defined as maltreatment of a child by either parents or caretakers, and includes physical, sexual, and emotional abuse, as well as emotional and physical neglect.
Incidence
The incidence of physical abuse in America is estimated to be 4.9 children per 1,000, and 1 of every 1,000 abused children die.
30% to 50% of abused children require orthopedic care.
The children who are returned to their homes after an unrecognized episode of child abuse have a 25% risk of serious reinjury and a 5% risk of death. [Read more...]
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A pathological fracture is defined as a fracture that occurs through abnormal bone, a bone that lacks normal biomechanical and viscoelastic properties.
Pathological fractures may result from generalized bone weakness caused by an external process like radiation. Another example of external cause is hole caused by a procedure like fixation or biopsy.
Most of the fractures, however, have internal causes which could be localized or generalized. [Read more...]
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Accidental trauma can occur in a variety of settings and can be considered to occur in the following five environments-
1. Home
2. School
3. Play and recreational activities
4. Motor vehicle and road accidents
5. Uncommon causes
Some of these might overlap with each other. For example play and recreational activities activity can be a part of school environment as well home
Home Environment
Those fractures that occur in the house and surrounding vicinity, generally occur in a fairly supervised environment. The causes are mainly falls from furniture, stairs, fences, and trees.
Falls can vary in severity from a simple fall while running, to a fall from a substantial height. In contrast to adults who land on heels, children tend to fall head first, using the upper extremities to break the fall causing skull and radial fractures. [Read more...]
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