Bone healing
A short segment on Bone healing has been added to the Management of fractures and dislocations page.
External fixation
A short segment on External fixation has been added to the Management of fractures and dislocations page.
Fracture reduction and stabilisation
A short segment on Fracture reduction and stabilisation has been added to the Management of fractures and dislocations page.
OTA classification of open fractures
The OTA classification of open fractures has been added to the Assessment of fractures and dislocations page.
Radial nerve injury following humeral fracture
The Shoulder and arm injuries page has been updated with additional information about radial nerve injury following humeral fracture.
Management of humeral shaft fractures
The Shoulder and arm injuries page has been updated with additional information about the management of humeral shaft fracture.
3 images added to Orthopaedics gallery
3 new images have been added to the Orthopaedics gallery.
3 more ECGs added to gallery
3 new ECGs have been added to the ECG gallery. This takes the number of ECGs in the gallery past 200.
3 CXRs added to the CXR gallery
3 new CXRs have been added to the CXR gallery, bringing the total number of CXRs in the gallery to 150.
3 new images added to the galleries
2 images have been added to the orthopaedic gallery and 1 ECG have been added.
Femoral shaft fracture treatment
The Femoral fractures page has been updated with additional information about the treatment of femoral shaft fractures.
Compartment syndrome key points
Key points have been added to the Compartment syndrome page..
Obesity
A small number of updates and wording improvements have been made to the Obesity page.
Compartment syndrome
The Compartment syndrome page has had a number of updates and wording improvements.
3 images added to the Galleries
2 new CXRs and 1 new ECG have been added to the respective galleries.
Hawkins talar fracture classification figure
A figure illustrating the Hawkins classification of talar fractures has been added to the Talar and calcaneal fractures page.
Hawkins classification of talar fractures – correction
The Talar and calcaneal fractures page has been updated with a correction of the description of the Hawkins classification system. Previously only 3 grades were described with Grade III in the text incorrectly describing Grade IV. Now all 4 grades are correctly described.
Assessment of the severely injured limb
The Assessment of the severely injured limb has been simplified and details about some of the less well validated scoring systems have been removed.
Management of fractures and dislocations
The Management of fractures and dislocations page has had a number of updates and wording improvements.
Types of segmental fractures
An image demonstrating the types of segmental fractures has been added to the Assessment of fractures and dislocations page.