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Left Wrist Drop - Radial Nerve Palsy on Physical Examination

Left hand drop due to compression of
Left Wrist Drop ... - Radial Nerve Palsy ... #Drop #Radial # ... Nerve #Palsy #PhysicalExam ... orthopedics #msk #sports
Radial Nerve Anatomy and Function
The Radial nerve is the nerve of elbow, wrist and digital extension.
Radial Nerve Anatomy ... the back of the arm ... • Thus a PIN palsy ... drop: ECRB and ... palsy recovers there
Synkinetic Wrist Extension Maneuver demonstrating Radial Nerve Palsy as cause for Wrist Drop

Up up, down down.
Nerve Palsy as ... nerve palsy with ... finger/wrist drop ... nerve palsy. ... #Nerve #Palsy #
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
Pronation - C7, C8 Wrist ... Horner Syndrome Wrist ... drop - Occurs after ... nerve in the radial ... sensory #motor #arm
“Wrist drop” deformity due to radial nerve palsy – the patient cannot extend their wrist or
Wrist drop” deformity ... due to radial nerve ... palsy – the patient ... cannot extend their wrist ... #RadialNerve #Palsy
Perilunate Dislocation
On lateral wrist XR, the capitate ("apple") should sit in the lunate ("tea cup") which
with the distal radius ... fracture, median nerve ... injury • ED Management ... XRay #Diagnosis #Management ... #Orthopedics #Sports
Triquetral Fracture
The triquetrum is the second most commonly fractured carpal bone. Look for the "pooping duck
Complications are ... ulna, pain with wrist ... dislocation, distal radius ... fractures • ED Management ... #Orthopedics #Sports
Posterior Elbow Dislocation
The elbow is the second most commonly dislocated major joint in adults and the
lateral epicondyle > radial ... anterior interosseous nerve ... dislocation + radial ... Posterior long arm ... #Orthopedics #Sports