Flashcards in Elbow Deck (8)
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• Can be inflamed by friction… • Can become seeded by bacteria
• Typically staph aureus
• Typically due to local abrasion
bursitis
2
student elbow
friction induced bursitis
- does not go away, usually
3
About 30% of elbow fractures in adults
occur in the _____ head.
radial
4
irreversible contractures of the flexor
muscles of the hand to ischemic
processes in the forearm.
Volkmann Contracture
5
elbow dislocations go in what direction 90% of the time
posteriorly
6
mechanism of injury seen in posterior
dislocations of the elbow
fall onto an extended abducted arm
7
with any dislocation, have to check...
neurovascular competency
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