Fracture in the arm

Fracture in the arm

1. Anatomy

   • Muscles
     • Arm
     • Back
   • Bone structure
     • microscopic features
   • Nerves
     • Nerve Injury
       • NEURAPRAXIA
       • AXONOTMESIS
       • NEUROTMESIS
       • Wrist drop
         • steroid injections
         • NSAIDS
         • splints
         • Wrist & Finger Drop (Crutch Palsy)
   • Arteries

2. Types of fractures

   • how?
     • Repetitive stress in a short period of time (stress fracture)
       • Abnormal weakening of the bone
         • By a single traumatic event
           • Clinical picture
             • wound
             • Pain
             • Loss of function
             • Deformity
             • Swelling
             • Hematoma

3. diagnosis

   • Physical Examination
   • Radiology
     • Xrays
       • AP view
       • Lateral
       • axilary
     • CT SCAN
     • MRI

4. Management

   • First aid
   • Casts and splints
     • plaster cast
       • plaster of paris
     • cast brace
     • synthetic cast
   • closed reduction
     • procedure to set (reduce) a broken bone without surgery
       • Help your bone heal quickly and be strong when it heals
       • Decrease pain
       • Lower the risk of an infection in the bone
   • Analgesics
   • Bone healing
     • calcium rich food
     • VItamin D supplements
     • Complications
       • Acute
         • Injury to soft tissues, Vascular
       • chronic
         • malunion, nonunion, delayed union , posttraumatic osteoarthtritis and
   • Physiotherapy
     • improve functional performance
   • exposure therapy

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