Classifications

Classification and scoring systems used in orthopaedics

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• Classifications
  • Arthroscopy Classifications
  • Foot and Ankle Classifications
    • Fractures of the neck of the talus – Hawkins classification
  • Hand and Wrist Classifications
    • Fractures of the first metacarpal – Classification of Green and OBrien
  • Hip and Knee Classifications
    • Ahlbäck classification of knee osteoarthritis
    • Classification for patella fracture after total knee arthroplasty
    • Osteonecrosis of the femoral head – Kerboul classification
    • Paprosky femoral defects classification
    • Periprosthetic fractures of the femur – Johansson classification
    • Proximal femoral fractures following total hip arthroplasty – Bethea classification
  • Infection Classifications
  • Informatic Classifications
  • Pediatric Classifications
  • Shoulder and Elbow Classifications
    • Acromioclavicular joint injuries – Rockwood classification
    • Allman classification of clavicle fractures
    • Classification of elbow dislocations
    • Classification of shoulder dislocations
    • Fractures of the coronoid process – Regan and Morrey classification
    • The morphology of the acromion according to Bigliani
  • Spine Classifications
    • Disc degeneration – Adam classification of discogram morphology
    • Galante classification of disc degeneration
    • Gordon classification of intervertebral disk degeneration
    • King classification of idiopathic scoliosis
    • Lenke classification of scoliosis
    • Metastatic spine tumor description – Harrington classification
    • Nurick classification system for myelopathy
    • Ranawat classification of neurological impairment
    • The WBB (Weinstein-Boriani-Biagini) staging system for spinal tumors
    • Thoracic disc disease – Anand classification
    • Vertebral endplate and marrow changes – Modic classification
  • Sports Medicine Classifications
    • Anterior cruciate ligament injuries classification
    • Classification of meniscal tears
    • Medial collateral ligament injury classification
  • Trauma Classifications
    • AO classification of fractures – general principles
    • Atlantoaxial rotatory subluxation – classification
    • Atlanto-occipital dislocation (craniovertebral dissociation)
    • Brachial plexus injury – Gilbert shoulder classification
    • C2-C3 traumatic spondylolisthesis (hangman’s fracture) – Levine-Edwards classification
    • Cervical spine injuries – Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA) classification
    • Danis-Weber classification of ankle fractures
    • Femoral head fractures – Pipkin classification
    • Femoral neck fractures – Pauwels classification
    • Femoral shaft fractures – Winquist classification
    • Fractures of the acetabulum – classification of Judet and Letournel
    • Fractures of the calcaneum – Essex-Lopresti classification
    • Fractures of the calcaneum – Sanders classification
    • Fractures of the capitellum classification
    • Fractures of the dens (odontoid) – Anderson and D Alonzo classification
    • Fractures of the lateral condyle – Milch classification
    • Fractures of the pelvis – Tile classification
    • Fractures of the radial head – Mason classification
    • Fractures of the scaphoid – anatomical classification
    • Fractures of the scaphoid – Cooney Dobyns and Linscheid classification
    • Fractures of the scaphoid – Russe classification
    • Fractures of the scapula – Ideberg classification
    • Fractures of the scapula – Zdravkovic–Damholt classification
    • Fractures of the shaft of the humerus – morphological classification
    • Fractures of the tibial plateau – Schatzker classification
    • Fractures of the tibial spine (intercondylar eminence)
    • Gustilo open fracture classification
    • Impairment in spinal cord injury – ASIA impairment scale
    • Intercondylar fractures of the humerus (T or Y fractures) – Riseborough and Radin classification
    • Intertrochanteric fractures – Evans classification
    • Intra-articular fractures of the distal radius – Malone classification
    • Lauge–Hansen classification of ankle fractures
    • Monteggia fractures – Bado classification
    • Nerve injury – Seddon-Sunderland classification
    • Pilon (tibial plafond) fractures – Ruedi and Allgower classification
    • Posterior hip dislocations – Thompson and Epstein classification
    • Recovery after brachial plexus injury – Mallet classification
    • Sacral fractures – Denis classification
    • Spinal cord function – Frankel grade
    • Stewart classification of fracture dislocation of the hip
    • Subtrochanteric fractures – Fielding classification
    • Subtrochanteric fractures – Seinsheimer classification
    • Tarsometatarsal joint injuries – Quenn and Kuss classification
    • Thoracolumbar spine fractures – McAfee classification
    • Thoracolumbar spine trauma – Maegerl AO classification
    • Tibial plateau fractures – AO classification
    • Ulnar nerve injury – McGowan classification
  • Tumor Classifications