Orthopedics Mnemonics
B
Bone fracture types [for Star Wars fans]: GO C3PO:
- Greenstick
- Open
- Complete/ Closed/ Comminuted
- Partial
- Others
Note: C3P0 is droid in the Star-Wars movies.
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- Reference: http://medicalmnemonics.com/
Bryant’s traction: position: BrYant’s traction:
- Bent Y.
Patient’s body is the stem of the Y laying on the bed, and legs are the ends of the Y up in the air.
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- Author: Kayle Luther
C
Carpal tunnel syndrome: treatment: WRIST:
- Wear splints at night
- Rest
- Inject steroid
- Surgical decompression
- Take diuretics
- Author: Sushant Varma University of Sheffield, UK
F
Fracture: how to describe: PLASTER OF PARIS:
- Plane
- Location
- Articular cartilage involvement
- Simple or comminuted
- Type (eg Colles’)
- Extent
- Reason
- Open or closed
- Foreign bodies
- disPlacement
- Angulation
- Rotation
- Impaction
- Shortening
- Author: Fletcher Davies Adelaide Medical School
M
Monoarthritis differential: GHOST:
- Gout
- Haemarthrosis
- Osteoarthritis
- Sepsis
- Trauma
- Author: Polly Weston Bristol University Med School
O
Osteosarcoma: risk factors: PRIMARY:
- Paget’s
- Radiation
- Infaction of bone
- Male
- Alcohol, poor diet, sedentary lifestyle [adults only]
- Retinoblastoma, Li-Fraumeni syndrome
- Young [10-20 yrs]
Osteosarcoma is the most common primary malignant tumor of bone.
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- Author: Robert O’Connor University College Dublin
P
Pagets disease of bone: signs and symptoms: PANICS:
- Pain
- Arthralgia
- Nerve compression / Neural deafness
- Increased bone density
- Cardiac failure
- Skull / Sclerotic vertebrae
- Author: Andrew Young UMDS
