March 4, 2011

20 years old man with tender and swelling of the right lower limb

This 20 years old gentleman was brought to the casualty after involve in MVA. He was triaged to the yellow zone. He complained of pain of the right lower limb associated with swelling, deformity and numbness over the shin region.





Questions


1) Describe the plain radiograph
2) Two suggested mechanism of injury in this patient
3) Complication of the injury
4) The best choice of immobilization in this patient

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2 comments:

  1. Segmental #, and it's from Prof Halim's patient.

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  2. yup.. initially i also thought that it's a spiral fracture.. looking forward to learn more thing from him.he's a very fascinating teacher

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