I had a monteggia fracture yesterday.  Got it reduced great and casted.  Went to take one last look with the c-arm to make sure the radial head was still reduced before bivalving...

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When the SICU pages the second time asking if I'm going to transfer out a patient...

So there was a Schatzker 6 tibial plateau in the ED.  Me and the ED attending pulled on it...and ...somehow...made it worse...

My immediate thoughts while sitting with a patient waiting for the cast to set, after saying: 'Now we just sit here and wait for it to get hard'...

ED attending: 'So if you want, my scribe can write up your consult for you...'














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