Authors: Steve Fordham, Lou Mitchell / Editor: Clifford J Mann / Reviewer: Lou Mitchell / Codes: SLO4, TC2, TP7 / Published: 11/05/2021
A 20-year-old man presents after injuring his knee in football. He describes a tackle and varus stress on the knee.
The knee swelled immediately and he was unable to weight bear. His x-ray is shown.
Module Content
Cervical Spine Injury
Cervical spine injuries are rare but potentially devastating. Immobilisation of the cervical spine on the slightest suspicion of injury is recommended by most resuscitation courses.
Elbow Injuries
Elbow injuries are common and acute elbow trauma accounts for 2-3% of all visits to the emergency department.
Shoulder and Brachial Plexus Injury
In UK ED practice a large group of patients present with musculo-skeletal disorders
7 Comments
A new learning for me. Did not know about this fracture and its associations before.
Luckily we recently had a presentation by one of our reporting radiographers who explained this injury to us!
I have seen so many pateints with this fracture ,but never considered associated injuries !!!
Good teaching point .Thank you.
Good information about this fracture, it will missed simply if you don’t know about it.
Thanks
A new learning about the knee injuries.
Relevant as always to look up RCEMLearning material! Not only for diagnosing accurately but also to remember to look for the associated injuries and not stopping at the first thing you find.
Good Revision