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 LITFL
Terry-Thomas
Terry-Thomas (1911–1990) was an English comedian and character actor. The Terry-Thomas sign was proposed in 1977 by surgeon Victor H Frankel
Terry-Thomas Sign
Terry-Thomas Sign: increased distance between the scaphoid and the lunate (scapholunate space) Described by Frankel in 1977
Battle Sign
Postauricular ecchymosis (bruising over the mastoid process) reflecting a base of skull fracture. Described by William Henry Battle (1855 – 1936) in 1890
Auguste Broca
Auguste Broca (1859 – 1924) was a French surgeon. Bankart lesion and shoulder operation
Bankart Lesion
Bankart Lesion: Antero-inferior detachment of the glenoid labrum associated with first-time traumatic anterior shoulder dislocations.
Arthur Sidney Blundell Bankart
Arthur Sidney Blundell Bankart (1879- 1951) British Orthopaedic surgeon. Bankart Lesion - antero-inferior detachment of the glenoid labrum
Jan Waldenström
Jan Gösta Waldenström (1906 – 1996) was a Swedish physician. First to describe Waldenström macroglobulinemia (1944)
Henri Hartmann
Henri Albert Hartmann (1860-1952) was a French surgeon.True General surgeon. Hartmann procedure, Hartmann pouch.
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 256
It's Friday. Boggle your brain with FFFF challenge and some old fashioned cardiology trivia with Medlife Crisis. Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 256
Above the clouds
Environmental Enigma: One of your colleagues tells you he is going to climb Mt Kilimanjaro next month. He has never been to altitude before and asks you how he can prevent altitude sickness while on his trek...
Puzzling out the PERC rule
A patient has chest pain and shortness of breath. Is there a way to rule out pulmonary embolism without further investigation? Can you use the PERC rule?