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How Research Can Open Doors for Orthopedic Surgery Residency

How to Prepare for Orthopedic Surgery Residency While in Medical School

Ortho Acronyms

Orthopedic Surgery Mentorship

Unstable Intertrochanteric Femur Fractures

Tibial Plateau Fractures and Vascular Injury

Humeral Shaft Fractures Discussion

The Ortho Rotation Handbook

Away rotations are an unforgiving test in emotional intelligence. Read the room, try to know the attendings and their research, and the…

Femoral Neck Fracture Management

Femoral neck fractures are a common pathology within orthopedic trauma surgery. The surgical management is dictated by fracture location,…

Ortho OR Instruments

Attached to this post are some helpful flash cards that will help you memorize important names of instruments commonly used in orthopedic…

Ortho Trauma Supplies

Here is a list of ortho trauma supplies for some of the most frequently performed procedures. Having a bag or fanny pack might look funny,…

Need to Know Criteria and Classification Systems

There are many classification systems within orthopedics. Here are the systems that we have found are commonly discussed in fracture…

Checklists: Admission, Pre-Op and Post-Op

How to Use Checklists: The Do-and-Verify Method Do all these pre-op or post-op tasks by memory. Then go through each point on a real…

Describing Fractures

Format Say the views you are seeing and the laterality, if you are unsure of the view just say 1 or 2-view of a left or right “blank”. Look…

Gunshot Wound to Thigh

Credit: OrthoBoss “45M gangster presenting with gunshot wound (GSW) to the left thigh after drug deal gone wrong. No other injuries.…

Basics of Orthopedic Trauma Fixation

Orthopedic Trauma Basic Principles Goals of orthopedic surgeons when fixing fractures Reduce fractures restoring length and alignment…

Systematic Way to Read Foot Xrays

Here we go. Foot xrays. There are alot of details that could be discussed here. This is a good starting point. Commonly in three views. AP,…

Distal Radius Case: Vet Fell Off His Bike

50 year old vet fell off his bike. What do you see? What would you do in the emergency room for this? Remember to use a system for reading…

The Ortho Patient Interview Guide

Timing Timing is so important. Orthopedic residents must be time efficient when seeing consults because procedures can take so long and it…

Case: Distal Radius Fracture

Case Objectives Distal radius fractures are simple and complex at the same time. Here are the practical things you need to know as a…

Clavicle Fractures: Non-op or Surgery?

Questions to ask the patient: Mechanism (story) Pain locations Numbness or tingling? I like to always ask the same ROS for billing purposes…

Video: System for Reading Hip Xrays and Femoral Neck Fractures

System for Reading Hip Xrays

System for reading hip Xrays Verify patient and laterality If you’re in conference Say what views you are seeing Skeletal maturity The most…

System for Reading Pediatric Elbow Xrays

System for Reading Pediatric Elbow Xrays Verify patient name and side Quality of views Follow cortices and medullary canals proximal to…

System for Reading Pelvis Xrays

As always, utilize whatever system works best for you! Here is one example. If you haven’t read, System for Reading Wrist Xrays, that is a…

Antibiotic Choice in Open Fractures

The most important factor to preventing infection in open fractures is time to antibiotics, less than 1 hour from time of injury is ideal.…

Shoulder Case #1

50 yo bicycle vs car going 55 mph, he was wearing a helmet, he is holding his right arm above his head and says he can’t move his shoulder.…