Low Energy Hip Fracture

Tasnuva is referred to physical therapy for progressively worsening right knee pain. The patient reports symptoms that have gradually increased over the past year and are aggravated by prolonged walking. Observation reveals right coxa vara and significant genu valgum during stand ...  Show more

Stephanie is evaluating a patient 8 weeks after sustaining a displaced radial head fracture following a fall onto an outstretched hand. The patient reports persistent lateral elbow pain, difficulty actively extending the wrist and fingers, and weakness when gripping objects. Whic ...  Show more

An elderly patient has undergone an open reduction and internal fixation of a subtrochanteric femoral fracture that resulted from a fall. Which of the following interventions is MOST likely to be implemented during the first 4 weeks of rehabilitation? Find it all out in the podca ...  Show more

This episode covers hip fractures.

Written notes can be found at https://zerotofinals.com/surgery/orthopaedics/hipfractures/ or in the orthopaedic section of the Zero to Finals surgery book.

Dr. Joshua Heerey chats on this podcast to BJSM’s Dr. Liam West about hip joint imaging. Josh gives us a sneak peek into the findings from the “Femoroacetabular impingement & hip OsteoathRitis Cohort (FORCe) study & how they may help clinicians manage their patients with hip and ...  Show more

Wrist fractures are common. They can occur in older women with osteoporosis and low-impact injury. Or young men with high-impact injuries. And they can cause complications from malunion to joint stiffness to complex regional pain syndrome. So it is important that we get the diagn ...  Show more