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Common Hand Fractures on X-Ray
Mallet finger - injury to the lateral extensor slips
Boutonniere deformity - injury
Common Hand Fractures ... band of extensor tendon ... Volar plate fracture ... Rolando fracture ... Terry thomas sign
Triquetral Fracture
The triquetrum is the second most commonly fractured carpal bone. Look for the "pooping duck
Triquetral Fracture ... "pooping duck sign ... "pooping duck sign ... Discharge with orthopedic ... Diagnosis #Management #Orthopedics
Positive Hoffmann's sign (finger flexor reflex) in a patient with Multiple Sclerosis

The Hoffmann's reflex test itself
Positive Hoffmann's sign ... are not useful signs ... and relaxation tend ... to cerebellar signs ... Abnormal #Clinical #Video
Myelopathy - Injury to the entire spinal cord - Signs and Symptoms
 • Ataxia (early sign)
spinal cord - Signs ... Ataxia (early sign ... Hyperreflexia (deep-tendon ... reflex responses ... weakness (late sign
Stress Fracture: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Abnormal biomechanics, Repetitive impact activities
=> Repetitive subthreshold mechanical loading
=> Bone strain
=>
Stress Fracture: ... => Microscopic fractures ... loading Stress Fracture ... StressFractures #msk #orthopedics ... pathophysiology #symptoms #signs
Hamate Fracture on Wrist X-Ray

- point tenderness over the hamate should raise suspicion for a fracture,
Hamate Fracture ... suspicion for a fracture ... prompt outpatient orthopedics ... associated signs ... Radiology #MSK #Orthopedics
Woltman’s sign on Physical Exam

53-year-old man presented with fatigue and sensitivity to cold. A physical examination
the ankle jerk reflex ... phase of a deep-tendon ... reflex, is a neurologic ... Hypothyroidism #Ankle #Reflexes ... Delayed #Clinical #Video
Woltman's Sign of Hypothyroidism oh Physical Exam

Woltman's sign is a delayed relaxation phase of an elicited
Woltman's Sign of ... elicited deep tendon ... reflex, usually ... in the Achilles tendon ... PhysicalExam #clinical #video
What is a Boxer’s fracture?? Fracture of the 4th or 5th metacarpal neck
 - Common in
What is a Boxer’s fracture ... Fracture of the ... weeks Urgent orthopedics ... Overlying wounds or signs ... Management #Referral #Orthopedics
Amsterdam Wrist Rules
Rules that dictate which patients require imaging based on the likelihood of wrist fracture
likelihood of wrist fracture ... DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURES ... Visible deformity, Tender ... Visible deformity, Tender ... radiology #msk #orthopedics