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Updated: Jan 1 2022

Psoas

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  • Summary
      • Psoas
      • Origin
      • Anterior surfaces and lower borders of transverse processes of L1 - L5 and bodies and discs of T12 - L5
      • Insertion
      • Lesser trochanter
      • Action
      • Flex the torso and thigh with respect to each other
      • Innervation
      • Direct fibers of L1 - L3 of lumbar plexus (L1, L2, L3)
      • Arterial Supply
      • Lumbar branch of iliopsoas branch of internal iliac artery
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QID 219463 (Type "219463" in App Search)
A 21-year-old male with a past medical history of intravenous drug use presents to the emergency department for evaluation of right leg pain following a motor vehicle accident. Radiographs are obtained (Figures 1 & 2), demonstrating his injury. He subsequently undergoes definitive treatment the following day (Figures 3 & 4) without complication. At ten months following the surgery, the patient begins to report increasing pain at the fracture site. He denies any fever or chills. Radiographs are obtained (Figures 5 & 6). What is the most appropriate next step in management?
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Obtain CT scan of right tibia

8%

58/740

Obtain inflammatory markers

82%

609/740

Obtain vitamin D levels

2%

15/740

Prescribe bone stimulator

0%

3/740

Schedule for exchange nailing

7%

51/740

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Anatomy⎪ Psoas
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Anatomy⎪ Psoas
  • Anatomy
  • - Psoas
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2/23/2021
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