70% of blood supply of scaphoid is by dorsal branch of radial artery
70% of scaphoid bones have arterial foramina through out their length
70% of carpal fractures are scaphoid fractures
70% of scaphoid fractures occur through the waist
70% of scaphoid fractures are detected on initial radiographs
70% proximal scaphoid fractures unite
70% unstable scaphoid fractures unite
Anteroposterior Diameters Mnemonic: Larger the alphabets, larger the diameter (V>F>B) Diameters with “sub” prefix are smaller than counterpart without it. mento-Vertical: 14 cm SUB-mento-Vertical: 11.5 cm occipito-Frontal: 11.5 cm SUB-occipito-Frontal: 10.5 cm sub-occipito-Bregmatic: 9.5 cm sub-mento-Bregmatic: 9.5 cm Transverse Diameters Mnemonic: MTP (Medical Termination of Pregnancy) in increasing order. bi-Mastoid:…
Mnemonic: SACHS GO 1. Spots in macula (Cherry red spots) 2. Ashkenazic jews 3. CNS degeneration 4. Hexosaminidase A enzyme deficiency 5. Storage disorder 6. GM2 ganglioside accumulation 7. Onion skin appearance of lysosomes Further reading:
Author: Sulabh Kumar Shrestha, KISTMCTH The “Red Death” had long devastated the country. No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous. Blood was its Avatar and its seal—the redness and the horror of blood. There were sharp pains, and sudden dizziness, and then profuse bleeding at the pores, with dissolution. The scarlet stains…