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Sports Medicine

You are in the operating room with a patient who has a peroneal brevis tear. On examination of the tendon, you find that there are multiple longitudinal tears with substantial degeneration. Which of the following is your next step in the procedure?

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Trauma

You are called to assess a 19-year-old male patient who sustained a right ankle injury while snowboarding and is found to have a noncomminuted lateral talar process fracture with 3 mm of displacement. Which of the following is the best management for his injury?

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Foot and Ankle

A 45-year-old female patient presents for evaluation of her big toe pain. She has pain at the ends of range of motion of the hallux metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joint and tenderness over a dorsal osteophyte. An initial radiograph is shown. During a cheilectomy, it is found that she has minimal degenerative changes on the dorsal metatarsal head. After removal of the dorsal osteophyte, she has limited dorsiflexion but full plantar flexion of the metatarsophalangeal joint. Which of the following is the most appropriate next step intra-operatively?

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Pediatrics

A 12-year-old boy fell while riding his bicycle. He had immediate right knee pain and informed the emergency department physician that he thinks his kneecap dislocated and then spontaneously reduced. Anteroposterior and lateral radiographs of the right knee are shown. Which of the following is the most appropriate management of this patient?

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Shoulder and Elbow

After lateral ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction for chronic posterolateral rotator instability of the elbow, the immediate postoperative position of immobilization of the elbow for protection of the reconstruction is which of the following?

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Hand and Wrist

A 63-year-old male patient who is right-hand dominant presents for evaluation of bilateral hand pain and discomfort. He recently retired from his job as a mechanic. He has weakness and pain in both hands, especially while gripping tools. He has pain, particularly at the base of his thumb, while opening jars and doorknobs. His symptoms have progressed to the point where he can no longer comfortably handle many of his tools. He has mild numbness and tingling in the thumb, index, and long fingers. Imaging is shown. Which of the following is the approximate percentage of the general population that will demonstrate radiographic changes at the carpometacarpal joint by age 60?

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Spine

A 21-year-old male patient is involved in a motorcycle collision and sustains an L1 burst fracture with 80% canal compromise. Which of the following are typically seen in conus medullaris syndrome?

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Hip

A 68-year-old male patient presents with a limb-length discrepancy that he has noticed over the past few years. The patient is a cigarette smoker, has hypertension, coronary artery disease, hepatitis C, and had a syphilis infection 20 years ago. He is a poor historian, but does not recall any previous operative procedures on his hips or any infections requiring intravenous antibiotics. Imaging is shown. On examination, he has an unsteady gait and is unable to walk without an assistive device. His right leg is shorter than the left, he has no pain in either hip with passive range of motion, and he has decreased sensation throughout both lower extremities There are no operative incisions about the hips. His previous medical records show a recent serum erythrocyte sedimentation rate, a C-reactive protein level, and a right hip aspiration that are not concerning for infection. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?

hip

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Knee

A 45-year-old male patient presents with overall varus alignment of the right knee and grade 1 Ahlback changes within the medial compartment. He has no chondral pathology throughout the rest of the knee and has full range of motion. The varus malalignment is 12°. The patient has a body mass index of 29 kg/m2 and enjoys running and playing basketball. Which of the following would be the treatment of choice for this patient?

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Basic Science and Pathology

A 35-year-old male patient presents to the emergency department following a motor vehicle collision. The patient has an Injury Severity Score (ISS) of 27 and undergoes orthopaedic surgery for his injuries. Which of the following interventions, if performed for this patient, increases his risk for developing acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)?

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