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ORTHOPAEDICS - PAEDIATRICS


WRIST

Prompt
ResponseSH1 injury of distal radius
Dorsal displacement of epiphysis
Dorsal angulation

Mgmt
Explanation /consent
Analgesia
Procedural sedation 0.5mg/kg ketamine
Reduction of epiphysis
Plaster short arm
Orthopedic follow up
Self-rate:
Prompt
ResponsePhyseal fracture of distal radius
80% dorsal displacement
20 % lateral displacement
30 deg dorsal angularion
Fracture extend into metaphysis at dorsal margin of physis
= SH2 DR#

Management
Analgesia
Consent
Procedural sedation
Closed reduction and immmobilisation in dorsal + volar backslab (or gutter slab)
Referral to orthopaedics to follow up
Self-rate:
PromptComplications of growth plate injury in the wrist
ResponseGrowth arrest from physeal fracture
Median neuropathy
EPL tendon injury
Malunion and deformity
Complex regional pain syndrome
Self-rate: