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A common childhood fracture just above the elbow, important because it can injure the nearby artery and nerves.
Supracondylar humerus fracture (children, fall on an outstretched hand): lower fragment pushed back; danger to the brachial artery and nerves (check pulse, colour, nerves); Volkmann's ischaemic contracture (clawed hand) if the blood supply is lost.
Burns
Tissue injury from heat, chemicals, electricity or radiation.
Approach to a Groin Lump
Working through the differential of a lump in the groin.
Approach to Leg Ulcers
Distinguishing the common causes of a chronic leg ulcer.
Giant Cell Tumour of Bone
A locally aggressive bone tumour of young adults, typically at the end of a long bone near a joint.
Osteoid Osteoma
A small, benign bone tumour of young people that causes a characteristic night pain relieved by simple pain-killers.
Skin Grafts and Flaps
Ways of covering a wound that cannot be closed directly, by moving skin from one place to another.