Type:
Educational Exhibit
Keywords:
Bones, Musculoskeletal system, Trauma, Conventional radiography, CT, Education, Workforce
Authors:
Z. Vajuhudeen; Mackay, QLD/AU
DOI:
10.26044/ranzcr2021/R-0424
Learning objectives
There are a subset of fractures that are almost exclusively limited to a specific occupational activity, to the extent that they are named after them. Some of the occupations that give their name to certain fracture patterns may not be practiced anymore, and are therefore very rarely seen in their original context. Clinicians may therefore struggle to realise the historical association behind the name given to a fracture type.
With this background in mind, the objectives of this article include the following:
- To cultivate an interest in the history behind archaic profession-specific fractures
- To describe the original mechanism of injury of such fractures
- To demonstrate the characteristic radiological features of such fractures
- To contextualise these fractures to the modern era