Comments on: that’s gotta hurt

By: antipodean

antipodean — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:50:33 +0000

What’d he do? Jump 20m out of helocopter above a parking lot?

By: Hildy

Hildy — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:31:35 +0000

This is a tibial plafond/pilon fracture. It’s not your standard ankle fracture which usually occurs due to a twist; instead this is an axial injury. Horsetech: the lowest energy injury I’ve seen create this fracture pattern is a lady falling backward off a kerb in stillettos (ie impact from about 1 foot). It’s usually a high energy injury although landing badly when jumping off a low platform can cause it.

These are notoriously difficult to treat and have poor outcomes.

By: mudphudder

mudphudder — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 02:30:56 +0000

Yeah–when a medical student or dumb-ass intern can look at an x-ray and identify the problem, that’s not a good thing for the patient.

By: horsetech

horsetech — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:21:47 +0000

DAAAAA-AAMN. What did he do, have a “bad fall” off a roof? I wonder what forces could have taken a curved chunk out of the side like that.

That’s what you call a student-grade lesion.

By: ladyfoot

ladyfoot — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:20:21 +0000

after 3 weeks of anatomy/med school i’ve been struggling through the radiology lectures like it’s my job (i guess it is my job) and i come to the internets for fun reading to find this entry. i’m going to go sit in a corner and rock myself now.