ICE 006: Knee injury X-ray
A 24 year old man is brought into the ED with an injury suffered playing touch rugby. He tried to stop and turn suddenly just as another player collided with him. Describe his X-ray
Category Orthopaedics
ICE 001: Forearm injury
A 24 year old woman fell on an outstretched hand while playing netball. Describe her forearm X-ray
Thomas test
Thomas test is a physical examination test, first described in 1875 by the Welsh bonesetter Hugh Owen Thomas (1834–1891)
Exogenous Calcium Embolism
Patient presentes to ED with acute shortnewss of breath post Percutaneous Vertebroplasty (PVP) with cement embolus cardiovascualr curveball
Lisfranc fracture
Lisfranc fracture named after Jacques Lisfranc de Saint-Martin and his amputation - removal of the forefoot at the tarsometatarsal joint complex (1815)
Open Fractures
An open fracture is a fracture that communicates with an overlying disruption of the skin and soft tissues. They are also called compound fractures. Open fractures are potentially limb-threatening injuries.
Vincenz Czerny
Biography Medical Eponyms Key Medical Attributions Major Publications References
Paget’s disease of bone
Paget's disease of bone is a metabolic disorder of the bone, resulting in deformation and pain. It most commonly affects the axial skeleton; pelvis, lumbo-sacral spine, skull, femur and tibia. Diagnostic imaging is a key part of modern day diagnosis, and many cases are in fact incidental findings.
Léon Clément Le Fort
Léon Clément Le Fort (1829 – 1893) was a French surgeon. Eponym: Wagstaffe-Le Fort fracture (1886); Le Fort Operation for uterine prolapse; Le Fort amputation; Le Fort Male Catheter; and Le Fort sound. Godfather of FOAM 'Liberté de l'enseignement'
John Birkett
John Birkett (1815-1904) was an English general surgeon.
Sidney Weinstein
Sidney Weinstein (1922 - 2010) was and American neuroscientist and neuropsychologist. Semmes-Weinstein monofilament test and the Weinstein Enhanced Sensory Test
Carl Hueter
Carl Hueter (1838 - 1882) was a German Surgeon. Remembered for his contribution to the Hueter-Volkmann law (1862) with Richard von Volkmann (1830 - 1889)