OMSB Orthopedic Surgery (OEORTHO) case studies
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The OMSB Orthopedics examination is the board assessment of the Oman Medical Specialty Board (OMSB), an autonomous Omani body that develops specialized physicians and assures the competence of health care professionals. Orthopedics appears among the 18 educational programs listed on the OMSB website, and OMSB examinations are delivered through its Examination Department, which comprises a Written Examination Section and a Clinical Examination Section supported by an Item Bank Section and an Examination Coordination Section. The OMSB Orthopedic Surgery (OEORTHO) case studies are 5 cases and about 3,231 words.
1Displaced Femoral Neck Fracture in a Patient on Apixaban
A 78-year-old woman (62 kg, eGFR 48 mL/min/1.73 m²) is brought to the emergency department after a mechanical fall at home. She takes apixaban 5 mg twice daily for atrial fibrillation, bisoprolol and atorvastatin.
693 words, about 3 min2Open Tibial Shaft Fracture with a Suspected Compartment Syndrome
A 24-year-old man is brought in 90 minutes after a motorcycle collision. He has an open fracture of the left tibial shaft with a 6 cm anteromedial wound; the tibia is visibly protruding and there is gross instability.
684 words, about 3 min3Pulseless Pink Hand after a Gartland III Supracondylar Fracture
A 6-year-old boy is brought to a district hospital after falling from monkey bars onto his outstretched hand. He has a swollen, deformed elbow with a 2 cm abrasion over the olecranon but no open wound.
636 words, about 3 min4Acute Haematogenous Periprosthetic Knee Infection: DAIR or Two-Stage Revision?
A 68-year-old man had a cemented cruciate-retaining total knee arthroplasty 14 months ago. He presents with 18 days of increasing knee pain, swelling and low-grade fever; there is no sinus tract and the wound is well healed.
616 words, about 3 min5Impending Pathological Subtrochanteric Fracture in Metastatic Lung Cancer
A 63-year-old man with stage IV non-small-cell lung cancer (diagnosed 8 months ago, currently on pemetrexed and pembrolizumab) presents with 6 weeks of right thigh pain that is worse at night and now requires a crutch. He has no history of trauma and can weight-bear with pain.
602 words, about 3 min