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Triquetral Fracture
The triquetrum is the second most commonly fractured carpal bone. Look for the "pooping duck
Triquetral Fracture ... The triquetrum ... ulna, pain with wrist ... #Triquetrum #Fracture ... #Wrist #Carpal
Most Common Carpal Bone Fractures by Frequency
 • Scaphoid - 50-80%
 • Triquetral - 5-20%
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Scaphoid - 50-80% • Triquetral ... Bone #Fractures #wrist
Perilunate Dislocation
On lateral wrist XR, the capitate ("apple") should sit in the lunate ("tea cup") which
Dislocation On lateral wrist ... swelling to dorsal wrist ... , pain with wrist ... trapezium, capitate, triquetrum ... #Dislocation #Wrist
Common Hand Fractures on X-Ray
Mallet finger - injury to the lateral extensor slips
Boutonniere deformity - injury
Terry thomas sign Triquetral ... XRay #Radiology #Wrist
Ossification of Carpal Bones

It’s always tricky to remember the age of ossification of the carpal bones
interpreting a Pediatric wrist ... the bones of the wrist ... CLOCKWISE for the LEFT wrist ... -6-7 years for Triquetral ... Carpal #Bones #Wrist
Age of Ossification of Carpal Bones
Capitate - 1 Month
Hamate - 2 Months
Triquetral - 3 Years
Lunate -
Hamate - 2 Months Triquetral ... Carpal #Bones #wrist
Amsterdam Wrist Rules
Rules that dictate which patients require imaging based on the likelihood of wrist fracture
Amsterdam Wrist ... likelihood of wrist ... a patient with wrist ... Increased Age, Wrist ... Age, Male Sex, Wrist
Sustained Wrist Clonus on Physical Exam

Sustained wrist clonus in a patient who suffered a hemorrhagic stroke.

#Wrist
Sustained Wrist ... Exam Sustained wrist ... #Wrist #Clonus #
Radial Nerve Anatomy and Function
The Radial nerve is the nerve of elbow, wrist and digital extension.
nerve of elbow, wrist ... space and the wrist ... not involve a wrist ... ulnarly deviated wrist ... radially deviated 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 ... deviation of the wrist ... contraction of the wrist ... #Instability #Wrist