Orthopedics Mnemonics

Orthopedics Mnemonics: Streamlining Orthopedic Knowledge for Medical Professionals

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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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.

• • 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.

• • 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