Peripheral nerve injuries

A 27-year-old man had an intercostal catheter inserted through the fifth intercostal space in the midaxillary line after a crush injury to the chest. Two weeks…

Foundations · middle twist

A 58-year-old man had a segment of superficial vein harvested from the right leg for a coronary bypass graft. The incision ran from just below the knee to the f…

Foundations · common

A 68-year-old woman is reviewed six weeks after a right hip replacement performed through a lateral approach. She walks with her trunk lurching to the right. Wh…

Foundations · middle twist

A 24-year-old man is stabbed in the right groin, the wound lying just below the inguinal ligament. Bleeding is controlled in the emergency department. He cannot…

Foundations · common

A 24-year-old man returns to clinic three weeks after coming off his motorbike onto his right shoulder. Radiographs at the time showed a fracture through the su…

Foundations · common

A 33-year-old woman presents to the clinic with complaints of burning and numbness over the outer aspect of her left thigh for the past 2 months. The pain worse…

Clinical rotations · common