Items tagged “trauma”
697 results found
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Le Fort type 1 fracture
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20 Oct 2010
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Pancreatic trauma
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20 Oct 2010
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Diaphragmatic rupture
Diaphragmatic rupture often results from blunt abdominal trauma. The mechanism of injury is typically a motor-vehicle collision.
Epidemiology
Given that the most common mechanism is motor vehicle collisions, it is perhaps unsurprising that young men are most frequently affected. The estimated ...
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Anterior superior iliac spine avulsion injury
Anterior superior iliac spine (ASIS) avulsion injuries typically occur in athletes during forceful muscular contraction. The anterior superior iliac spine is the site of attachment for sartorius and tensor fascia latae muscles.
Pathology
Anterior superior iliac spine avulsion, like other pelv...
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Odontoid fracture - type III
Published
27 Oct 2010
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Pneumopericardium
Pneumopericardium represents gas (usually air) within the pericardium, thus surrounding the heart.
Pathology
Etiology
Underlying causes include:
positive pressure ventilation
thoracic surgery/pericardial fluid drainage
penetrating trauma
blunt trauma (rare)
infectious per...
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Odontoid fracture - type III
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01 Nov 2010
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Chauffeur fracture
Published
15 Nov 2010
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Acute aortic syndrome
Acute aortic syndrome describes the presentation of patients with one of a number of life-threatening aortic pathologies that give rise to similar clinical presentations.
Exactly which entities are included under the umbrella term acute aortic syndrome varies somewhat from publication to public...
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Blowout fracture with inferior rectus entrapment
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23 Nov 2010
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Renal, splenic and hepatic lacerations
Published
27 Nov 2010
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DSA (angiography)
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Knife in hand
Published
28 Nov 2010
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Penetrating head injury - Knife
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28 Nov 2010
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Lunotriquetral coalition and distal radius fracture
Published
01 Dec 2010
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Urinary bladder trauma
Urinary bladder trauma describes a spectrum of damage that can be caused to the urinary bladder, usually in the context of significant trauma.
Epidemiology
Bladder trauma is generally associated with high energy injuries, and is associated with pelvic fractures in the majority of cases 3,6. Th...
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Nasal bone fracture
Nasal bone fractures are the most common type of facial fractures, accounting for ~45% of facial fractures, and are often missed when significant facial swelling is present.
Clinical presentation
Unsurprisingly, nasal bone fractures occur when the nose impacts against a solid object (e.g. fis...
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Temporal bone fracture
Temporal bone fracture is usually a sequela of significant blunt head injury. In addition to potential damage to hearing and the facial nerve, associated intracranial injuries, such as extra-axial hemorrhage, diffuse axonal injury and cerebral contusions are common. Early identification of tempo...
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Longitudinal temporal bone fractures
Longitudinal temporal bone fractures are petrous temporal bone fractures that occur parallel to the long axis of the petrous temporal bone. Although more current classifications of the extent of temporal bone fractures focus on the integrity of the otic capsule rather than the fracture orientati...
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Transverse temporal bone fractures
Transverse temporal bone fractures are oriented perpendicular to the long axis of the petrous temporal bone, with the line of force running roughly anterior to posterior. Although more current classifications of the extent of temporal bone fractures focus on the integrity of the otic capsule rat...
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Cerebral contusions
Published
27 Feb 2011
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