Egyptian Board Orthopedics flashcards
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- Relative stability
- A mechanical environment allowing controlled fracture motion and indirect healing when appropriate to the injury and treatment plan.
- Neutralization construct
- A fixation arrangement intended to protect a suitably reduced and compressed fracture from additional deforming forces.
- Buttress principle
- A mechanical support concept resisting fragment displacement under shear or axial loading in an appropriate pattern.
- Soft-tissue envelope
- The surrounding skin, muscle and related tissue condition that influences injury severity, healing and treatment timing.
- Internervous interval
- An anatomical interval between structures with different nerve supplies, relevant to planning but not a guarantee against injury.
- Neurovascular reassessment
- Repeat evaluation and documentation of relevant circulation and nerve findings after an injury, intervention or change.
- Motor branch
- A nerve branch supplying muscle whose injury may produce weakness without the cutaneous sensory deficit expected from another branch.
- Compartment anatomy
- The arrangement of bounded tissue spaces and contained structures relevant to injury assessment and surgical planning.
- Aggrecan
- A large proteoglycan whose charged glycosaminoglycan chains contribute to water retention and cartilage compressive behavior.
- RANKL
- A signaling ligand involved in osteoclast differentiation through RANK, interpreted within the wider regulation of bone remodeling.
- Synovial lining
- The joint-associated lining containing distinct cellular populations involved in lubrication, maintenance and inflammatory tissue responses.
- Pretest probability
- An estimate of disease likelihood before a test that affects the meaning of a positive or negative result.
- Offset
- A geometric relationship affecting lever arms and soft-tissue tension that must be considered with the complete reconstruction.
- Periprosthetic differential
- A structured comparison of infection, loosening, instability, fracture and other causes of symptoms around an implant.
- Myelopathy
- A clinical syndrome of spinal cord dysfunction distinguished from an isolated peripheral nerve or root problem.
- Cauda equina warning
- New relevant bladder, saddle sensory or progressive neurological findings requiring emergency assessment rather than a routine exercise trial.
- Physis
- A growth region whose injury can affect future length or alignment and may require follow-up after union.
- Tendon zone
- An anatomical classification describing injury location and relevant relationships without supplying a complete repair or rehabilitation protocol.
- Return-to-sport assessment
- An integrated evaluation of healing, function, task performance and readiness rather than time or one symmetry score alone.
- Biopsy planning
- Coordination of tissue sampling with the specialist diagnostic and definitive treatment strategy to avoid compromising later care.