Sunday, June 21, 2009

Colles' and Smith's Fractures : Mechanism

Colles'

High Energy Trauma on Dorsal Flexed Wrist

Smith's

High Energy Trauma on Volar Flexed Wrist

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Map of Volgograd



Go to this website ...

P/S : Better than google maps in terms of roads and address naming :-)

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Crohn's Disease vs Ulcerative Colitis



Ddx between Crohn's and UC by the following features of Crohn's :
  1. Small bowel involvement
  2. Rectal sparing
  3. Absence of rectal bleeding
  4. Segmental / symmetrical distribution
  5. Perianal disease
  6. Associated mass / fistulae
  7. Patchy lesions / apthoid (small ulcer occuring in groups), longitudinal, or serpiginous (wavy margin) ulcerations at endoscopy + cobblestone appearance
  8. Transmural disease or granulomas on biopsy