Skeletal Traction Types & Indications
Skeletal Traction is a temporary treatment method used in emergency department in some type of lower extremity fractures.
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Hand Anatomy: Bones & Muscles
The Hand Anatomy is complex and important to understand, it consists of 27 bones, 27 joints, 34 muscles…
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Femoral Stress Fracture
Femoral Stress Fracture typically occurs on the superior side (tension-side fractures) or the inferior side (compression side fractures)…
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Radial Nerve Entrapment
A number of radial nerve entrapments are recognized and are named according to the location at which they…
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Pilon Fracture | Tibial Plafond Fracture
The terms pilon fracture and tibial plafond fracture or distal tibial explosion fracture have all been used to…
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ITB Friction Syndrome
ITB Friction Syndrome results from friction between the IT band and the lateral femoral epicondyle at approximately 30…
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Knee PCL Injury
PCL injury results from knee hyperextension or a blow to the anterior tibia as occurs when plantarflexed.
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Lateral Ankle Sprain
Lateral Ankle Sprain that affects lateral ankle ligaments is the most common injuries of the ankle joint that…
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