Upper limb injuries image improvements
Multiple images in the Upper limb injuries section have been reformatted to improve quality and load speed.
Orthopaedics
Lower limb injuries image improvements
Multiple images in the Lower limb injuries section have been reformatted to improve quality and load speed.
Serum urate in gout – correction
The Gout and Pseudogout and Monoarthritis pages have been updated with a correction regarding serum urate.The statement ‘< 450 µmol/L in untreated patients almost excludes gout’ now reads ‘< 250 µmol/L in untreated patients almost excludes gout’. Thanks to William for picking up this error.
US in gout
The Gout and Pseudogout page has been updated with additional information about US in the diagnosis of crystalline arthropathies.
Serum urate in gout
The Gout and Pseudogout page has been updated with an expanded section on serum urate.
CT images of acetabular fracture
2 CT images demonstrating an acetabular fracture have been added to the Assessment of pelvic trauma page.
Volar Barton’s fracture Xray
An Xray image of a volar Barton’s fracture has been added to the Distal forearm injuries page.
Trampoline fracture Xrays
2 Xrays of trampoline fractures have been added to the Knee and leg fractures page.
Garden 3 subcapital #NOF Xray
An Xray of a Garden 3 subcapital #NOF has been added to the Femoral fractures page.
Bone infarct Xray
An Xray of an old bone infarct has been added to the Bone tumours page.
Bone tumours
A few minor updates have been made to the Bone tumours page.
Volar die punch fracture Xray
An Xray image of a volar die punch fracture has been added to the Distal forearm injuries page.
Vertical die punch fracture Xray
An Xray image of a vertical die punch fracture has been added to the Distal forearm injuries page.
Die punch fractures of distal radius
A new segment on die punch fractures of the distal radius has been added to the Distal forearm injuries page.
Tibial plateau fractures
The Knee and leg fractures page has been updated with additional information about Tibial plateau fractures.
Femoral neck fractures
The Femoral fractures page has been updated with additional information about the treatment of femoral neck fractures.
Supracondylar femoral fractures
The Femoral fractures page has been updated with additional information about the treatment of supracondylar femoral fractures.
Bone fixation in osteoporosis
A short segment on Fixation in osteoporosis has been added to the Management of fractures and dislocations page.
Open fracture management
Some additional information has been added to the section on Open fractures on the Management of fractures and dislocations page.
Salter Harris Classification
Some minor updates to the segment on the Salter Harris classification have been made on the Assessment of fractures and dislocations page.