Free practice question 8 of 20 · Trauma
An original single best answer question in the style of the FRCS (Tr & Orth) Section 1 paper, with the answer and a referenced explanation. Pick an answer to reveal it, then rate how sure you were.
A 58-year-old woman falls from a stepladder onto her shoulder. The injury is closed and the radial pulse is present. Her anteroposterior shoulder radiograph is shown.
Which examination finding most reliably confirms that the nerve most often injured with this fracture is working?
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Trauma: what the exam tests
Syllabus coverage, high-yield themes and the common traps.
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Hip fractures: Garden, the blood supply of the femoral head and treatment under NICE CG124
Hip fractures for FRCS (Tr & Orth): Garden and Pauwels, femoral head blood supply, NICE CG124 and its 2023 THR criteria, cemented implants, screw or nail.
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Ankle fractures: Weber, Lauge-Hansen and the question of stability
Ankle fractures for FRCS (Tr & Orth): Weber and Lauge-Hansen, judging stability, BOAST 12, the AIM trial, the syndesmosis, posterior malleolus and diabetes.
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Open fractures: the BOAST standard, timings and the Gustilo–Anderson classification
The BOAST open fracture standard for FRCS (Tr & Orth): antibiotics within an hour, debridement at 12 or 24 hours, cover within 72 hours, and Gustilo–Anderson grading.
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Shoulder & rotator cuff
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