Collab ORTHO

Fantastic opportunity for students interested in a career in hip surgery

Had an outstanding day teaching the future generation of doctors Celebrating 10 years of today, a national teaching collaboration that was formed to improve the undergraduate exposure to trauma & orthopaedics across the UK. Grateful for the journey and proud of what our collaborative teaching approach has achieved. Special thanks to our sponsors for their invaluable support. Our students were enthusiastic and engaging, we wish them all the best with their exams and future careers.

It’s next weekend! 📅🧑‍🏫

We look forward to see you all at our face to face course on Saturday, December 2nd, in the Brighton and Sussex Medical School! 🏫

This course is sponsored by Symbios, Medacta, Summitt Medical, and

❔Did you know?
The National Hip Fracture Database (NHFD), which was launched in 2007, aims to deliver improvements in the care of hip fracture patients. It documents case-mix, care and outcomes of hip fracture patients in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and is now, with more than 500,000 cases on record – by far the largest hip fracture audit in the world.

🦴⚒️ Trauma Thursday- case 4 - ankle “rolling” when stepping out on a night out

Q1. What abnormalities can you find on the XR?
Q2. Do you know any classification system for this type of injury?
Q3. How would you manage this patient?

Leave your answers below! 👇

Answers will be posted sometime during the next week!

We are excited to see you face to face again! 💥⚒️🦴

Happy to announce our upcoming face to face course in Brighton University, happening December 2nd! 🗓️

You can count with lectures to kickstart the day and small group teaching to improve your examination skills in the afternoon. Aimed years 3-5.

Click the link in bio to sign up - this course is free to attend! 💥

Did you know that the annual cost for all UK hip fracture cases is about £2 billion? 💷💷

The majority of this expenditure will be accounted for by hospital bed days and a further substantial contribution will come from health and social aftercare.

Case 3 🦴🔨

29 Male tackled during a football game

Q1. What would be your initial concern given the injury?

Q2. What abnormalities are present in the XR images?

Comment below your answers!

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Overall, 21% of years lived with illness and disability (YLD) in the UK population are associated with MSK conditions. Low back and neck pain and osteoarthritis are the most common causes of pain and disability.

Reference: Versus Arthritis UK

Case 2 🦴🔨

65 Male with multiple RTAs in the past

- Can you name 3 abnormalities on the images provided?

Themistocles Glück presented the use of ivory to replace femoral heads of patients whose hip joints had been destroyed by tuberculosis.

Case 1

Trauma to left lower limb with significant swelling:

- What would be the initial management of this patient?

- What abnormalities are present in the XR images?

- What are the initial concerns given the injury?

Correct answers to be posted in the comments in a few days.