Posts in Orthopedics
Posterior Hip Dislocations: ED Recognition & Management

A 33-year-old previously healthy male presented to the ED with right hip pain after an MVC in which he was the unrestrained passenger in a car going 30-40 MPH. Vitals were notable for HR of 105, and were otherwise within normal limits. On physical exam, his right lower extremity was without obvious deformity or overlying skin changes, but was noted to be shortened with tenderness to palpation and pain with range of motion about the hip…

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SNAP! A pediatric fall onto an outstretched hand!

A 21-month-old male presented to the emergency department with right upper extremity pain after a fall from a chair. He was initially discharged after unrevealing x-rays of the right upper extremity. However, after being discharged, the patient and his mother were called back in to the emergency department after an attending pediatric radiologist overread the xrays and identified a posterior fat pad…

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Yank that Ank! A Maisonneuve Fracture With An Associated Ankle Dislocation and a Discussion of the Identification, Management, and Disposition of Various Ankle Fractures in the Emergency Department.

A 24-year-old healthy male presented to the emergency department (ED) with right ankle pain…

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