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Key Points for PLAB-1: Orthopaedic ConditionsRemember common presentations:%u2022Shoulder pain: Consider impingement syndrome or frozen shoulder%u2022Wrist injury: Think about Colles or scaphoid fracture%u2022Night pain in bones: Consider osteoid osteoma or malignancyRememberBe familiar with specific deformities:%u2022Dinner-fork (Colles fracture)%u2022Garden spade (Smith's fracture)%u2022Gunstock (post-supracondylar fracture)BeUnderstand Understand the urgency of compartment syndrome and fat embolism
