It is particularly recommended that you read this module before you start with the specific lectures on the various X-ray examinations of the extremities (for instance X-Wrist).
Key topics/terms:
- Fracture types
- Stress fracture
- Pathological fracture
- Greenstick fracture
- Torus fracture
- Epiphysiolysis (Salter & Harris)
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Author
Annelies van der Plas, MSK radiologist Maastricht UMC+
24/01/2014 (translated 23/08/2016)
Sources:
- Radiologic reporting of skeletal trauma.M J MJ Pitt and D P DP Speer Radiol Clin North Am 28(2):247-56 (1990)
- B.J. Manaster et al. The Requisites – Musculoskeletal Imaging. 2007
- N. Raby et al. Accident & Emergency Radiology – A Survival Guide. 2005.
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