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Common Hand Fractures on X-Ray
Mallet finger - injury to the lateral extensor slips
Boutonniere deformity - injury
thumb injury to ulnar ... collateral ligament ... XRay #Radiology #Wrist
Allen's Test on Physical Exam

Allen's Test is used to test the integrity of blood flow and
blood flow and collateral ... the radial and ulnar ... arteries in the wrist ... pressure on the collateral ... vascular #hand #ulnar
Allen’s Test for Collateral Circulation

For the Allen test, you apply pressure to the radial and ulnar
Allen’s Test for Collateral ... the radial and ulnar ... arteries in your wrist ... #Allens #Test #Collateral ... Circulation #Radial #Ulnar
Rock Paper Scissors - Assessment of Nerve Damage in Upper Limb Injuries
Rock - Median Nerve
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(4%), Radius & Ulnar ... • Extension of wrist ... joint Scissors - Ulnar ... (2%), Radius & Ulna ... (5%), Radius & Ulna
Modified Allen's Test - Collateral Hand Circulation
- Apply pressure to the radial and ulnar arteries
- Release
Allen's Test - Collateral ... the radial and ulnar ... pressure on the ulnar ... with adequate ulnar
Hand Nerve Injuries - Common Presentations
 • Wrist Drop - Radial Nerve Injury
 • Claw Hand
Presentations • Wrist ... • Claw Hand - Ulnar
Ulnar Fovea Sign Test for Fovea Disruption

Useful for patients with pain along the ulnar aspect of
Ulnar Fovea Sign ... pain along the ulnar ... aspect of the wrist ... flexion with the wrist ... Fovea #Sign #Test #wrist
Galeazzi Fracture 
Fracture of distal radial shaft with distal radial-ulnar joint disruption. Remember “MUGR” to recall
distal radial-ulnar ... distal radial-ulnar ... x-ray include ulnar ... swollen forearm and wrist ... pronation and at wrist
Midcarpal Instability (MCI) of the Wrist

Intrinsic Midcarpal Instability
Usually affects young, hypermobile patients.
It is due to progressive
Instability (MCI) of the Wrist ... extended, and when ulnar ... deviation of the wrist ... contraction of the wrist ... #Instability #Wrist
Orthopedic Fracture Classification - Upper Limbs
Neer Classification of Proximal Humeral head Fractures:
 • 1-part
 • 2-part:
Fracture shaft of ulnar ... of distal radio-ulnar ... displacement of the wrist ... displacement of the wrist ... radius with an ulnar