Lauge-Hansen classification of ankle injury
Lauge-Hansen classification of ankle injuries (1950) - predictable fracture patterns defined by injury mechanism and resultant radiological findings
Category Eponymictionary
Terry-Thomas Sign
Terry-Thomas Sign: increased distance between the scaphoid and the lunate (scapholunate space) Described by Frankel in 1977
Bankart Lesion
Bankart Lesion: Antero-inferior detachment of the glenoid labrum associated with first-time traumatic anterior shoulder dislocations.
Pott fracture
Archaic eponym: Effectively a fracture-dislocation of the ankle, involving a fracture of the fibula, disruption of the deltoid ligaments with an intact tibiofibular ligament
Bosworth fracture
Bosworth fracture-dislocation of the ankle. Rare injury with proximal fibular fragment trapped behind the tibia, frequently irreducible by closed methods.
Schatzker classification of tibial plateau fractures
The Schatzker classification system divides tibial plateau fractures into six types. First described 1979 by Canadian surgeon Joseph Schatzker
Salter-Harris Classification
Salter-Harris classification of fractures describes injuries involving the epiphyseal plate of any bone. Described by Salter and Harris (Canada, 1963)
Apley Test
Apley Grind test (Apley Compression test) is a maneuver that is performed to evaluate for meniscus injury. 1947 by Alan Graham Apley (1914 - 1996)
Whipple procedure
Whipple procedure: Radical pancreatoduodenectomy for cancer of pancreas. Originally Codivilla (1898), then Kausch (1907) and Whipple (1934)
Henoch-Schönlein Purpura
Henoch-Schonlein Purpura (HSP) or IgA Vasculitis, is the most common childhood vasculitis. There is a tetrad of the core clinical manifestations
Huber-point needle
Hypodermic needle (needle which enters the skin) Originally described in 1946 by Ralph Huber. More commonly known as the Tuohy Needle
Fox–Fordyce disease
Fox–Fordyce disease: A chronic itchy papular condition occurring in areas of the skin with apocrine glands especially the axilla of young women.