Assessment of pelvic trauma
The Assessment of pelvic trauma page has had a number of minor updates.
Dunn RJ
The Assessment of pelvic trauma page has had a number of minor updates.
The Management of the trauma patient has been updated with a revised section on damage control surgery.
The Assessment of the trauma patient page has been updated with a revised section on investigations in trauma.
The Trauma systems page has had a few minor modifications and wording improvements.
The Trauma teams page has had a few minor modifications and wording improvements.
5 more images have been added to the Orthopaedic gallery, bringing the total number of images in the gallery to 94.
The Knee and leg fractures page has been updated with additional information about Tibial plateau fractures.
The Femoral fractures page has been updated with additional information about the treatment of femoral neck fractures.
The Femoral fractures page has been updated with additional information about the treatment of supracondylar femoral fractures.
A short segment on Fixation in osteoporosis has been added to the Management of fractures and dislocations page.
Some additional information has been added to the section on Open fractures on the Management of fractures and dislocations page.
Some minor updates to the segment on the Salter Harris classification have been made on the Assessment of fractures and dislocations page.
A short segment on Paediatric fractures has been added to the Management of fractures and dislocations page.
The Davis Webster classification of ankle fractures has been removed from the Ankle injuries page due to its limited use compared to alternative classification systems.
The Lauge Hansen classification of ankle fractures has been removed from the Ankle injuries page due to its limited usefulness in the ED setting and the numerous alternative classification systems.
The Ankle injuries page has been updated with additional information about the management of ankle fractures.
The Distal forearm fractures page has been updated with some additional information about the management of Colle’s type fractures.
A table outlining the acceptable forearm bone positions following fracture in children has been added to the Forearm injuries page.
A short segment on Cartilage healing has been added to the Management of fractures and dislocations page.
Some information about bone loss and it’s treatment has been added to the Assessment of fractures and dislocations page.