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    Fracture general principles

    The basics principles of radiological fracture evaluation.

    Fracture general principles
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    Checklist

    1. Is everything imaged correctly and suitable for evaluation? (image in multiple directions!) 
    2. Is there soft tissue swelling?
    3. General impression of the bone (including osteoporosis, intra-ossal lesions)
    4. Check each cortex. Are there sharp or rounded cortex interruptions?
    5. Secondary signs of a fracture?  (asymmetry, abnormal position, periostal response, changes versus old images)

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    Literature: sources and author

    Text & Illustrations

    drs. A. van der Plas, MSK radiologist Maastricht UMC+
     
    Sources:

    • Radiologic reporting of skeletal trauma.M J MJ Pitt and D P DP Speer Radiol Clin North Am 28(2):247-56 (1990)
    • B.J. Manaster et al. The Requisites – Musculoskeletal Imaging. 2007
    • N. Raby et al. Accident & Emergency Radiology – A Survival Guide. 2005.

    24/01/2014 

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