Welcome to ICL360, a cutting-edge CME course designed to provide a holistic learning experience. Immerse yourself in curated video content sourced from the AAOS Annual Meeting, featuring expert-selected ICL lectures. Enhance your understanding with insightful commentary and comprehensive assessment questions. This all-encompassing course goes beyond traditional learning by offering a complete 360° perspective on orthopedic topics. Explore additional resources, including full-text readings from the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (JAAOS), technique videos from Orthopaedic Video Theater (OVT), and links to external literature and PubMed. Elevate your clinical decision-making skills and gain a well-rounded understanding of essential orthopedic concepts with ICL360. This Instructional Course Lecture explores hand fractures, focusing on pediatric and adult patients. The lecture reviews the unique challenges associated with the management of hand fractures in children, emphasizing the importance of understanding the mechanisms of injury and selecting appropriate treatment strategies.
At the conclusion of this course learners should be able to:
- Identify common pediatric hand fractures and appropriate treatment options based on patient age and injury type.
- Select techniques for the surgical management of Seymour fractures in children to prevent complications.
- Apply treatment strategies for adult phalanx fractures, focusing on alignment, rotation, and early mobilization.
- Differentiate stable proximal interphalangeal joint fractures from unstable proximal interphalangeal joint fractures and select appropriate surgical treatment options.
- Select techniques for the surgical management of metacarpal fractures to ensure stability and early hand function recovery.
- Create tailored treatment plans for patients with a complex hand injury using advanced orthopaedic principles.
- Manage nascent malunions in pediatric patients with a fracture to prevent long-term complications.
- Evaluate and apply fixation methods for adult phalanx fractures, considering deformity and early mobilization.
