CT

Background

 total shoulder arthroplast allPoly Glenoid

 

Indications

 

RA 

OA 

AVN 

 

Contra-indications

 

Infection

Charcot

Paralysis of deltoid

Torn rotator cuff

Insufficient glenoid bone stock

 

Hoffa fracture

Definition

Hoffa Fracture Xray

 

Coronal plane fracture of distal femoral condyle

- intra-articular

- often only attachment is posterior capsule

 

Epidemiology

 

Rare

 

Mechanism

 

Usually a severe valgus trauma

 

Xray

 

Osteoblastoma

Epidemiology

 

Uncommon

 

< 1% Primary bone tumour

 

Young boys

- second decade

 

Location

 

Similar to OO

 

Spine 30%

- especially posterior elements

 

Long bones 35%

 

Clinical

 

Back or limb pain

- pain less severe than OO

Background

DefinitionGarden 3 Displaced Subcapital

 

Fracture distal to articular surface & proximal to intertrochanteric region

 

Epidemiology

 

On average 4 years younger than intertrochanteric fracture

 

One year mortality as high as 36%

 

Only 1/3 will return to pre-fracture living environment

Facet Joint Dislocation

Definition

 

Facet joint dislocations secondary flexion distraction injury

 

Epidemiology

 

10%

 

Stages

 

1. Unifacet subluxation - interspinous process widening

2. Unifacet dislocation - 25% anterolisthesis

3. Bifacet dislocation - 50% anterolisthesis

4. Complete vertebral translation - 100% anterolisthesis

 

Unilateral Facet Joint Dislocation

 

Burst Fractures

 

Definition

 

Burst fractures

- injury to anterior and middle columns +/- posterior column

 

Mechanism

 

Vertical compression

 

Epidemiology

 

10% cervical fractures

Most commonly C5/6

 

Pathology

 

Anterior & middle columns fail

- if severe, posterior ligament complex fails