Distal radius epiphyseal slip reduction verified by ultrasound. Case report

Authors

  • Alex Fernández Ramírez
  • Alejandro Cardozo Ocampo Instituto Neurológico de Colombia. Medellín, Colombia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rccot.2015.08.003

Keywords:

ultrasound, fractures, guided reduction

Abstract

Orthopedic urgencies by fractures are common to all ages. Some institutions need radiologic studies for diagnosis and in cases require a procedure to verify this using radiography which consume time in the Emergency Department and expose the patience to radiation. This article reports the case of a young boy who diagnosis and verification of fracture reduction was made by ultrasound, before a radiography.
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Author Biographies

Alex Fernández Ramírez

Médico general.

Alejandro Cardozo Ocampo, Instituto Neurológico de Colombia. Medellín, Colombia

Médico especialista en Medicina de Urgencias, Servicio de Urgencias, Instituto Neurológico de Colombia, Medellín, Colombia.

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2015-10-21

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Fernández Ramírez A, Cardozo Ocampo A. Distal radius epiphyseal slip reduction verified by ultrasound. Case report. Rev. Colomb. Ortop. Traumatol. [Internet]. 2015 Oct. 21 [cited 2025 May 11];28(4):167-9. Available from: https://revistasccotorg.biteca.online/index.php/rccot/article/view/443

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Vol. 28 No. 4 (2014)

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Case report

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