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I brought my MRI!!!

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A coatrack with titanium total joint prostheses as coat hooks at my work

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The 1st rule of orthopaedics

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who wants to take a stab

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Anyone else noticing a decline in ER care?

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Made a lamp out of a gamma nail I removed

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Rainbow cast

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Nailed it!

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🤩isn’t it beautiful? A full tray of screws!!

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Motorcyclist’s humerus fracture. Holes are opportunities, not obligations.

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Total knee recon setup

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This image from Rockwood and Greens is totally messing me up. A medial blocking screw? My understanding is that these are typically placed laterally to prevent valgus.

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Podiatrist vs Fellowship trained Foot and Ankle Orthopedic Surgeon

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Vet surgeon here, got some free plates. Not sure what these are for.

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Malunited fracture of a distal radius.

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21male xray just referred to me. No complaints of pain but I haven’t seen him yet. Proximal femur seems expanded too, with lysis of distal femur. First time I see something like this. These are the only xrays sent so far.

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Are these legit arthrodesis screws? Taken out of patient after surgery done in «dodgy clinic»

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PC: I feel a bump in my arm

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Found this by chance. A colleague orthopaedist wasn't able to figure out the indication of such a bone bondage. post traumatic ? Any idea ?

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Open fracture femur, how common is to see this much bone removed?

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Who are these pods?

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10 year old, fall over a week ago. Any input on this? The xray was just sent to me by a colleague. Maybe osteochondral frx with bone attached to it?

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ORIF surgery - it’s been 8 weeks since accident and 7 weeks since the surgery.

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Got referred this to Clear C-spine

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Dislocated Weber B Ankle Fracture: 6 weeks out in a noncompliant patient with callous formation

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This was down 10 years ago in India. Can anyone help me with identifying these implants?

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Need help identifying a ligament

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Hey fellow redditors. I'm looking a way to buy this specific tool (rasp putti, circular, curved). Could you recommend a website where I can buy a new one?

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Am I missing something? :)

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70 male, came to me with an unstable arm. He says this is at least 5 years post op, recon plate with iliac bone graft. Looks like the implant failed due to a non union. I'm planning an osteoclasis, locked plate and screws plus bone graft. But any input would be greatly appreciated.

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Guess the case

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Isolating radial nerve. Midshaft humerus fracture

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Weber B Fracture w/ Ankle Stress Test

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what's the forum's take on this concept. The case is an 80 yr old lady with unstable intertroch.Implant used is Stryker PFNA II variant.

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Myositis ossificans in a 26yo M. The right side is the worst, but also the left isn’t so good. Do you think it’s possible to surgically remove them?

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I exploded my radial head mountain biking and thought others might like to see it. I’m also a med student and I’m curious - is there a pro/con for keeping the original head vs. replacement?

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Does anyone recognize this hip prosthesis?

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Does this require amputation? Is all function lost forever?

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My left leg after a motorbike accident. Sustained a comminuted fracture of the distal tibia, mid and distal fibula. underwent major surgery and had an intramedullary tibial nail inserted.

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36M patient came to me asking for a removal of implant, claimed s/p ORIF around 4 years ago by an unrecalled surgeon. Asked him why he wanted it removed, he said no particular reason so I assumed he was asymptomatic. Did an xray and saw this.

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First Christmas cast of the year 😁

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Is there ever enough? #humour

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Today, we saw a lunate dislocation!

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Did my first internal fixation as 1st surgeon!

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Had an early thread about fibular nails that got a lot of negative feedback on. Just thought I’d share some slides from AAOS trauma from the authority on ankle fxs himself Dr. Tournetta

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Planning multiple kwires plus a cerclage maybe? I’ll also try to convert it to 2 parts and apply a tension band. 33y/o female

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I had a Parachuting accident 2009 (20yo) and multiple surgeries since. From being fused/unfused, to having plates put in, and taken out. Now they want to fuse it again. I want mobility I'm only 30. The pain is always there from degenerative arthritis. Is ankle replacement surgery an option? PicNov18

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Non-displaced calcaneus fracture

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Surgery was done twice, once to install an external brace, then to put bone material (composite) with an internal plate. Plate breaks. Fragments of (bone?) can be seen. What could be done here to fix the bone. In this case, bone has been broken for >5years and no surgery nor fixtures have helped.

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Update on custom prosthesis F/U from prev post

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My left ankle after a motorcycle accident in 2014. Cracked talus, head of navicular broken off, smashed cuboid, broken cuneiforms, and 3 broken metatarsals.

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Now taking bets on how much metal my dad's going to have in his hip after surgery today.

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Modified ulnar gutter cast. Doc wanted PIPs free. Could i have done a Beckenbaugh? Sure but wheres the fun in that?

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Anterior frame or C-clamp? Fix left femoral neck?

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Nurses will always choose to do more work whenever it's an option.

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This may be boring to you, but as a patient, I found this medically interesting. I had a spontaneous mid shaft clavicle fracture in April. Conservative management yielded non-union and a pseudojoint formed. Surgery on 11/29 to biopsy and repair. Posted X-ray is from 5/2. [MIC]

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Arms not joining 2 months post op. Anyone know if the screw placement is normal? IYO

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Guess where it hurts

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Anyone know this Plate and Lag?

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When patients complain of LBP.

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Crosspost from front page. Motorcycle accident leaves femoral head in scrotum.

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ELI5: how does this fracture heal on its own and how does the pointy end at the skin become rounded?

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So...here this is...

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Broke both sides of my ankle last night, had surgery this morning. This was taken before the surgery. I now have metal plates and screws in my ankle and two nerve blocking catheters implanted in my leg.

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What's your opinion on this image?

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What can you tell about this x-ray photo?

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Sternum Manubrium Body blemish. Any experience with patients who have these?

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Name that fracture (more info in Comments)

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Fixed - Colles Fracture

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4yo/F patient treated for Genu Valgum

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ACL replacement with internal fixation? Please advise.

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Real case, /r/orthopaedics might enjoy this image

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That'll buff out...

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Minimally invasive hip surgery...

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So I went golfing and tried to jump a fence. (X-post from r/Radiology)

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Subluxation of C2 and C1 in a 12 year old girl.

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Surgery or no surgery

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19 year old. Dirt bike. Name the injuries.

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Last night on call in the army. ...and it's open.

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Why does my elbow look like this? Can I get it fixed? Other elbow is normal. Had it like this for the last 10 years at least.

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I've had hip pain for 2 months and after taking my x-ray the doctor said its most likely FAI. Here's my x-ray.

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23/m fell while on stilts and attempted to catch himself on a steel beam. This is the still bandaged result. Sorry for potato quality

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Tibial Tubercele Avulsion

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The worst calcaneus fracture I have ever seen...

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Was told to post my broken collarbone here.

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My leg muscles 11 weeks after breaking my leg (tib/fib

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ER - ankle dislocation

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27 male...........electricity to an aluminium ladder

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Compound tibial fracture at 7 weeks...healing has yet to start. Is there any way to start the healing process without adding weight to the leg?

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(cross post from /r/wtf) Jeremy Lane's both bone fracture!

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Orthopaedic doctors, what's this on my ankle? (X-ray image)

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Normal elbow vs. elbow in question. It isn't an injury; both elbows look the same. What is this called?

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I'm getting a Rockwood clavicle pin placed in me tomorrow, I was wondering if it is better or worse than a plate?

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Heterotrophic bone growth after distal biceps repair

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And now for a thrilling round of NAME...THAT...LESION!!!!

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