Skin Puppies
The First Cut is the Deepest
It's Complicated
WWECD?
Ortho Alphabet Soup
200
This common elbow injury is often due to sudden longitudinal traction applied to the arm that results in subluxation of the annular ligament.
What is Nursemaid's Elbow?
200
A laceration over the extensor surface of the third MCP joint after an altercation is concerning for this injury.
What is a fight bite injury?
200
This nerve is at risk for injury with a humeral shaft fracture and can result in wrist drop.
What is the radial nerve?
200
This is the most appropriate initial immobilization for a patient with a clavicle fracture.
What is a sling?
200
LCP
What is Legg-Calve-Perthes?
400
This Salter Harris type fracture classification involves a fracture through the physis and extends into the epiphysis.
What is Salter-Harris Type III?
400
This instrument is used in orthopedic surgery to remove osteophytes.
What is a rongeur?
400
A patient with a history of motor vehicle collision where he suffered a hip dislocation that was treated with closed reduction after 12 hours of presentation is at high risk for this complication.
What is AVN (avascular necrosis) of the femoral head?
400
This is the most appropriate splint for a patient with de Quervain's tenosynovitis.
What is a thumb spica splint?
400
LFCN
What is lateral femoral cutaneous nerve?
600
This is the most common bacterial pathogen for septic arthritis in the adolescent patient population.
What is Neisseria gonorrhoeae?
600
This versatile retractor with a military name is used in a variety of surgical specialties.
What is an army-navy retractor?
600
This the best course of action for a patient with a pre-operative evaluation for an elective total hip arthroplasty showing a hemoglobin A1C of 9.0.
What is CANCEL the surgery (this patient is not optimized)?
600
Elevation of blood glucose, increasing pain in the first 24 hours, flushing, hypopigmentation and subcutaneous fat atrophy are important side effects to educate your patients about with this injectable medication.
What are corticosteroid injections?
600
FOODS
What is fell out of deer stand?
800
This common condition affects obese adolescent males more than females and is described as a slippage of the femoral metaphysis relative to the epiphysis.
What is slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE)?
800
This retractor used in hip surgery is named for the father of total hip arthroplasty.
What is a Charnley retractor?
800
A patient is at risk for this complication if he presents after a fall on an outstretched hand with snuffbox tenderness and is not immobilized.
What is a scaphoid fracture nonunion?
800
This is the most appropriate splint and position for a patient with an acute Achilles tendon rupture.
What is a short leg posterior splint in equinus?
800
ETO
What is extended trochanteric osteotomy?
1000
This lateral x-ray image shows a common cause of anterior knee pain in adolescent boy basketball players.
What is Osgood-Schlatter's disease (traction apophysitis of the tibial tubercle)?
1000
This is common instrument utilized in orthopedic surgery.
What is an osteotome?
1000
A patient is POD# 5 right knee replacement and presents with severe calf pain, tense swelling, and pain with passive ankle dorsiflexion which is concerning for this post-operative complication.
What is a DVT?
1000
This is the best four view knee x-ray series to evaluate a patient without a history of trauma and concern for osteoarthritis.
What is AP standing, PA flexion (notch) view standing, lateral, and sunrise (or Merchant)?
1000
TFCC
What is triangular fibrocartilage complex?