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Morel-Lavallée Lesion in Children

Pediatric EM Morsels

Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 2013;133(5):635-640.23443527 The post Morel-Lavallée Lesion in Children appeared first on Pediatric EM Morsels. Shen 2013, Nickerson 2014, Scolaro 2016 ] Singh et al proposed an algorithm to guide treatment. Shen 2013, Nickerson 2014, Scolaro 2016 ] Singh et al proposed an algorithm to guide treatment.

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Episode 91 Occult Knee Injuries Pearls and Pitfalls

Emergency Medicine Cases

There are a whole slew of very important occult knee injuries - those that have a normal or near normal x-ray – that can cause serious morbidity if you miss them, and for the catchall soft tissue injuries there are some subtleties in diagnosis and management that will make a real difference to our patients. and many more.

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EM@3AM: Extensor Tendon Laceration

EMDocs

We’ll keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. Answer : Extensor tendon laceration Epidemiology: Hand extensor injuries make up >25% of orthopedic soft tissue injuries 2, 3 Common in young men in manual labor Dominant hand more likely to be injured 4 2012 study on 86 patients reported 83% men with a mean age of 34.2

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