Lower Limb Fractures — Flashcards

_____ fractures present with an abducted and externally rotated leg with shortening.

_____ angle is the angle between the line of a fracture of the neck of the femur and the horizontal as seen on an anterio-posterior radiograph

_____ is used in displaced intertrochanteric fracture

_____ classification is based on the angle made by the fracture line of femoral neck in reference to the horizontal plane

Most consistent sign of a fracture is _____

Femoral neck fractures with higher pauwell angles are more _____

Pseudo Jones (avulsion) fracture usually occurs in zone _____ of the metatarsal

Ankle fractures are best evaluated by _____

In the fracture of midshaft of the femur, the distal fragment is _____ducted and the proximal fragment is flexed and externally rotated.

The given x-ray shows hypertrophic nonunion caused by inadequate _____