Adult Trauma Principles

Describing a Fracture
Classification systems
- Classificaton of fractures
  - AO
  - Upper Limb
  - Lower Limb
    - Pelvis: pelvis, acetabular, anterior hip dislocation, posterior hip dislocation
    - Femur: subcapital, transcervical, intertrochanteric, subtrochanteric, shaft, suprcondylar
    - Knee: patellar
    - Tibia: spine, plateau, apophyseal, shaft, pilon
    - Foot / Ankle: ankle, calcaneal, Lisfranc, Talus
- Classification of soft-tissue injuries
  - Tscherne
  - Strains & Sprains
- Scoring Systems in Trauma
Trauma principles
- Principles
- EMST
- Open fractures
- Nonunion
- Treatment of soft-tissue injuries
- Compartment Syndrome
- Treatment of bone injuries | Fractures
- Fracture healing (bone regeneration)
Principles of surgical treatment
- Principles of External Fixation
- Principles of Internal Fixation
Biomechanics | Biomaterials of implant design and fracture fixation
- Pin and wire fixation
- Screw
- Plates
- Intramedullary nails
- External fixation
Rehabilitation

Webpage Last Modified: 4 March, 2010