Common classifications used during orthopedic posting.
In a glance:
Gustilo classification: open fracture
Gartland classification - supracondylar humerus fracture
Mason classification: radial head
Schatzker classification: radial head
Monteggia fracture dislocation: radial head dislocation
Galleazi fracture classification: distal radius
Salter-harris fracture: epiphyseal disk (growth plate) fracture
Garden classification: femural neck
Winquist fracture: femur shaft fracture
Evan's classification : intertrochanteric fracture
Danis Weber classification: ankle joint
colles fracture
distal radial fracture
DFU classification (Wagner)
Management principles that we use commonly
- 4R: resus, reduce, retain, rehab
- Principle of open fracture:
- antibiotic - empirical - 6wks
- unasyn : for DM
- cloxacillin :
- c. penicillin :
- tazocin :
- wound irrigation and debridement
- stabilization - or immobilization : external fixation/ skeletal traction
- wound closure - dressing, 2ndary wound closure
- complication:
- mal union
- nonunion
- OM
- infected non union
- closed fracture
- internal fixation
- pop
- indication of External Fixation
- open fracture
- infected non union
- bone lengthening
- open book fracture
- comminuted, intraarticular fracture esp eadius
- joint fusion (knee)
