Fractures
A type of fracture that only cracks on one side.
What is a greenstick fracture?
This screw type has large threads that gain purchase in soft bone.
What is a cancellous screw?
Joint replacement.
What is arthroplasty?
Pulling apart -- separated.
What is distraction?
The correct order for screw placement.
What is drill, measure, tap, place?
Fracture to the distal radius commonly caused by falling on an outstretched hand.
What is a Colles fracture?
Placed in the intramedullary shaft for fractures of long bones.
What is a rod or nail?
The fusion of two or more bones in a joint.
Produces RBC's, platelets, and WBC's.
What is red bone marrow?
A fracture with bone fragments protruding through the skin.
What is a compound fracture?
Suture material commonly used in tendon repair?
What is fiberwire?
process for fracture fixation by which pins or wires are inserted into bone percutaneously and held together via a scaffold.
What is external fixation?
Lateral and medial cartilage pads found in the knee.
What are the menisci?
Fracture to distal end of fibula and injury to distal Tibial articulation
What is a Pott's fracture?
Wire segments with smaller diameterused for stabilization/fixation or guide for screws.
What are K-wires?
Procedure done to remove compression on the median nerve.
What is carpal tunnel release?
Thin vascular membrane on the outside of bones.
What is periosteum?
A faulty union of fractured bone.
What is a malunion?
The fixation device(s) most commonly used for intratrochanteric fractures of the femur.
What are compression plates and screws?
Procedure performed for recurrent anterior dislocation of the shoulder joint.
What is a Bankart procedure?
Large bony projection on the distal tibia that forms the support for the inner side of the ankle joint.
What is the medial malleolus?