Monday, August 20, 2012

Old injury

No history was obtained besides the knowledge of an old injury.





Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Hip fusion

This patient had a hip fusion at a young age due to osteomyelitis. The last picture is an attempt at a lateral view.
The patient also had a revised hip arthroplasty.





Monday, August 6, 2012

Ouch...

Patient with knee pain. They had a very slow gait.
I call this type of damage 'peeling away arthritis'.
I don't think that term will catch on...

Thursday, August 2, 2012

Another elbow ORIF...

This one isn't as straight forward with the healing process.
It's a supracondylar fracture of the elbow. The patient underwent surgery including an olecranon osteotomy fixation.
The screws other than the olcranon fixation got infected. There is also degeneration in the elbow joint itself.
Movement with the patient was difficult. They couldn't supinate the arm so i had to do the AP view (or for this case PA) cross-table.
While there is bone growth from the previous films, the likelihood of easy movement is very unlikely.