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The Little Foot Club
Slippery hips
Bugs everywhere
Genes, Screens, and NAT
100

95% of supracondylar humerus fractures are of this type.

What are extension type?

Example of flexion type:

100

These are the four deformities that make up a clubfoot.

What are cavus, adductus, varus, and equinus?


100

This complication can occur in 25-50% of unstable SCFE and <10% of stable SCFE.

What is osteonecrosis of the femoral head (AVN)?

100

A child presenting with a septic hip holds the affected hip in this position.

What is FABER (flexion, abduction, external rotation)? 

Because this position of comfort maximized hip capsular volume

100

The alpha angle on hip ultrasound measures the angle between (1) these two structures, and is (2)  considered normal in this range.

What are (1) lines of the acetabulum and the ilium, and (2) greater than 60 degrees?

200

This is the (1) name of this physical exam sign and indicates urgent management because of (2) these possible issues.

What is the (1) brachialis sign, and what are (2) possible arterial injury, significant swelling and skin compromise, difficult closed reduction because of proximal fragment buttonholed through brachialis muscle?

200

This is the most common cause of late failure after correction with the Ponseti method.

What is poor compliance with bracing?

200
On examination, patients with SCFE present with this position of the affected hip.

What is a obligatory external rotation?

200

An aspiration of the hip that reveals the Gram stain in the picture is due to this organism.

What is staph aureus?

200

In a suspected child abuse case, the most appropriate workup includes social work, filing a CPS report, multidisciplinary evaluation including peds and ophtho, and this imaging order.

What is a skeletal survey?

300

This is the nerve most likely injured in the fracture type shown.

What is the ulnar nerve?

300

Attempting to correct this deformity too early during Ponseti treatment will lead to a bad result.

What is equinus?



300

This is the difference between a stable and an unstable SCFE.

What is the ability to bear weight? 


(Unable = unstable)
300

(1) These are the 4 components of the original Kocher criteria. 

(2) This is the probability of septic arthritis for having 1/4 Kocher criteria, 2/4 criteria, and 3/4 criteria.

What are (1) WBC >12K, inability to bear weight, Fever, ESR >40mm/h,

and (2) 1/4 criteria = 3%, 2/4 criteria = 40%, 3/4 criteria = 93%, 4/4 criteria = 99.6%.


300

This is the (1) most common and (2) second most common presentation of child abuse.

What are (1) skin lesions, and (2) fractures?

400

Risk to the ulnar nerve is highest when medial pins are placed with the elbow in this position.


What is hyperflexion?


400

During tibialis anterior transfer, the tendon should be transferred to this bone. 

What is lateral cuneiform (B)?

400

This is the artery that provides the most blood to the hip in a patient older than age 4 years.

What is the medial femoral circumflex artery?

400

The best medicine for septic arthritis.

What is the knife? (I&D = surgery!)

"Never let the sun set on pus"

400
This gene is associated with Charcot-Marie Tooth Disease.

What is PMP-22 (peripheral myelin protein 22)?

500

In a patient with a SCH fx, this is the (1) name of the line that should be assessed on every lateral elbow XR and should cross (2) this bone.

What is the (1) anterior humeral line, and (2) capitellum? 

500

This position should be avoided during casting using the Ponseti technique.

What is pronation?

(Pronation will increase the cavus deformity)

500

SCFE affects this zone of the physis.


What is the hypertrophic zone?

500

This joint does not have an intra-articular metaphysis, thus lower risk of septic joint from contiguous spread of osteomyelitis.

What is the knee?

(extra-articular metaphysis)

500

 

The X-ray depicts this type of fracture.

What is a metaphyseal corner fracture?

600

This is the (1) latest-appearing ossification center of the elbow and can be seen on XR at (2) this age.

What is (1) lateral epicondyle at (2) 12 years of age?

Mnemonic to remember: CRITOE

600

Clubfoot is commonly associated with hypoplasia or absence of this structure.

What is the anterior tibial artery?

600

Placement of a screw in this quadrant of the femoral head has a high risk of violating the hip joint and subsequent chondrolysis.

What is anterior/superior quadrant?

600

This diagnosis of exclusion is characterized by episodic fever, multiple sites of osteomyelitis, negative cultures, no response to antibiotics, but can be treated symptomatically with NSAIDs and may resolve in 3-5 years.

What is CRMO (chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis)?


600

This gene is associated with hypoplastic clavicles and other cleidocranial deformities.


What is Runx2 gene mutation?


700

Volkmann ischemic contracture following a type II SCH fx is likely due to this.


What is compression of the brachial artery with casting in flexion >90 deg (hyperflexion)?

700

This deformity can occur when attempted correction of the equinus contracture occurs before fully correcting the hindfoot varus deformity.

What is rocker bottom deformity?


700

The X-ray depicts this angle for measuring SCFE severity.

What is the Southwick slip angle?

700

Arthrocentesis fluid should be grown in this culture medium in order to isolate Kingella kingae.

What is a blood culture bottle?

700

This is the structure labeled #4.

What is the labrum?

800

This malunion deformity can develop in this injury if treated non-operatively.

Cubitus varus deformity (gunstock deformity)


800

This transcription factor has been recently implicated and linked to club foot deformity.

What is PITX1- TBX4? (transcription factor for hindfoot formation)

800

(1) This is the number of screw threads that should cross the physis with percutaneous in situ fixation of SCFE in order to prevent slip progression, and 

(2) This is the technique to confirm that the screw did not violate the hip joint.

(1) What is 5 threads?

(2) What is the Approach-withdraw technique (max IR and max ER under live fluoro)?

800

In septic arthritis, inflammatory and synovial cells activate (1) this cell signaling pathway, and release (2) these mediators, which can destroy cartilage and damage the articular surface within 8 hours.

What is the (1) NFKB pathway, and (2) matrix metaloproteinases (MMPs) or proteolytic enzymes?


800

Some strains of MRSA have genes encoding for this cytotoxin that has been implicated in MRSA-associated DVTs.

What is PVL (Panton-Valentine leukocidin) cytotoxin?

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