Femoral neck fracture management
The Femoral fractures page has been updated with additional information about patient management.
Orthopaedics
Femoral neck fracture assessment
The Femoral fractures page has been updated with additional information about patient assessment.
Mangled extremity score
The mangled extremity severity score on the Assessment of the severely injured limb page has been converted from text to a table to fix the formatting problems that have occurred in the online version.
Metastatic spinal disease table
The scoring system used to help determine the management of metastatic spinal disease on the Low back pain page has been converted from text to a table. This should fix the alignment problems that have occurred in the online version.
Neer IIb Xray
An Xray of a Neer IIb distal clavicular fracture has been added to the Shoulder and arm region injuries page.
Cauda equina MRI
The Lower back pain page has been updated with an MRI image of cauda equina syndrome.
Cauda equina additions
The Lower back pain page has been updated with additional information about the diagnosis of cauda equina syndrome.
Cauda equina CT
The Lower back pain page has been updated with a CT image of cauda equina.
Time to reduction for shoulder dislocation
A small addition outlining the importance of minimising time to reduction for anterior shoulder dislocations has been added to the Glenohumeral joint dislocation page.
Imaging of osteomyelitis
The Osteomyelitis page has been updated with additional information about imaging of suspected OM, including a short segment on the role of US.
Hutchison fracture XRay
An Xray image demonstrating a Hutchison fracture of the distal radius has been added to the Distal forearm injuries page.
Xray of osteomyelitis
An Xray image of osteomyelitis has been added to the Osteomyelitis page.
Slipped femoral epiphysis Xray
An Xray of a slipped femoral epiphysis has been added to the Paediatric orthopaedic conditions page.
Perthe’s disease Xray
An Xray of Perthe’s disease has been added to the Paediatric orthopaedic conditions page.
Incomplete Segond fracture
A plain film image of an incomplete Segond fracture has been added to the Knee and leg injuries page.
Correction – Smith’s fracture XRay
Image 29 on the Distal forearm injuries page (p 1649 of the print edition) demonstrating a lateral radiograph of fracture around the wrist is actually a Barton’s fracture, not a Smith’s fracture as previously described. Our Director of Eponymology has been sacked for this error.
Old malleolar fracture XRay
An XRay demonstrating an old medial malleolar fracture has been added to the Ankle injuries page.
Weber A ankle injury Xray
An Xray of a Weber A ankle fracture has been added to the Ankle injuries page.
Examination for ligamentous knee injuries
The Ligament and cartilage injuries around the knee page has been updated with additional information about the examination of the knee.
Proximal pole scaphoid fracture
An Xray of a proximal pole scaphoid fracture has been added to the Distal forearm injuries page, as well as some further modification of the section on scaphoid fractures.