Orthopaedics · Skeletal System · Hard
Sequestrum
Meaning: A piece of dead bone that has separated from healthy bone, typically in chronic bone infection.
In practice: The X-ray of the chronic osteomyelitis showed a dense sequestrum within the tibia.
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Answer: Hyperflexion
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