John Thomas sign
Throckmorton sign (John Thomas sign) where Penis Points to Pathology on X-ray. Tom Bentley Throckmorton (1885-1961) was an American neurologist
Category Orthopaedics
Segond fracture
Segond fracture: Avulsion fracture (small) of the lateral surface of the lateral tibial condyle. Paul Ferdinand Segond (1851-1912) described 1879
Tom Throckmorton
Tom Bentley Throckmorton (1885-1961), American neurologist. Eponym: Throckmorton sign (John Thomas sign); Throckmorton reflex
Cotton fracture
Cotton fracture (trimalleolar fracture) described in 1915 by Frederic Jay Cotton (1869-1939); fracture of the ankle that involving the lateral malleolus, medial malleolus and distal posterior aspect of the tibia (posterior malleolus).
Pediatric Ortho Cases 004
January 2022 Pediatric Orthopedic case interpretation: clavicle fractures - with Kelsey Lena, Danielle Sutton, and Virginia Casey
Silvio Rolando
Silvio Rolando da Carasco (1873-1949) Italian general surgeon in Genoa. Rolando Fracture (1910) three-part base of first metacarpal fracture
Paul Tillaux
Paul Jules Tillaux (1834-1904) French Surgeon. Eponymously affiliated with the Tillaux fracture. First to describe 'Aïe crépitant de Tillaux'
Shepherd fracture
Sherpherd fracture: Posterior talar process fracture with injury to the lateral tubercle caused by inversion or extreme equinus (1882)
Cedell fracture
Cedell fracture (1974): Posterior talar process fracture with injury to the posteromedial tubercle caused by forced dorsiflexion and pronation
Tillaux fracture
Fracture of the anterolateral tibial epiphysis commonly seen in adolescents. (Salter-Harris III tibial fracture) aka Tillaux-Chaput fracture.
Pediatric Ortho Cases 003
September 2021 Pediatric Orthopedic case interpretation - Femur injuries - with Kelsey Lena, Danielle Sutton, and Virginia Casey
Joseph Guichard Duverney
Joseph Guichard Duverney (1648-1730) French Anatomist and otologist. Eponym: Duverney fracture of the pelvis. Described cholesteotoma and osteoporosis