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Rock Paper Scissors - Assessment of Nerve Damage in Upper Limb Injuries
Rock - Median Nerve
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Assessment of Nerve ... Rock - Median Nerve ... • Extension of ... wrist & MCP joint ... adduction) OK Sign - AIN
Triquetral Fracture
The triquetrum is the second most commonly fractured carpal bone. Look for the "pooping duck
distal to distal ulna ... , pain with wrist ... flexion and extension ... Management: Pain ... #Wrist #Carpal
Interphalangeal Joint Dislocation
Interphalangeal joint dislocations almost always occur dorsally, look for associated avulsion fractures! Here's a
associated avulsion fractures ... prevent radial and ulnar ... fingertip) • Exam: Pain ... Discharge with orthopedic ... Management #Hand #Orthopedics
Mallet Finger
Absence of a fracture does NOT exclude Mallet finger, the extension function of the DIP
Absence of a fracture ... joint needs to be clinically ... tendon distal to ... Exam: Swollen and tender ... ED Management: Pain
Perilunate Dislocation
On lateral wrist XR, the capitate ("apple") should sit in the lunate ("tea cup") which
, pain with wrist ... extension • ... radial styloid fracture ... , median nerve injury ... ED Management: Pain
Ulnar Nerve Block on POCUS
Boxers fracture, ulnar n. block for reduction

IUEM Ultrasound @IUEM_ultrasound

#Ulnar #NerveBlock #POCUS #clinical
Ulnar Nerve Block ... on POCUS Boxers ... fracture, ulnar ... reduction IUEM Ultrasound ... #clinical #pain
Example of 4th wrist extensor compartment tenosynovitis, note marked synovial hypertrophy and effusion in the tendon
Example of 4th wrist ... extensor compartment ... effusion in the tendon ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #msk #pocus
Radial Nerve Anatomy and Function
The Radial nerve is the nerve of elbow, wrist and digital extension.
digital extension ... When clinically ... • Thus a PIN ... extension) but ... diagnosis #neurology #orthopedics
Extensor Carpi Ulnaris (ECU) Synergy Test for ECU Tendinitis

With the patient's hand supinated, the examiner grasps
palpating the ECU tendon ... reproduction of pain ... along the dorsal ulnar ... aspect of the wrist ... ulnaris #Tendinitis #clinical
Eichhoff's Test in de Quervain's Tenosynovitis

1) Patient makes a fist with fingers wrapped around the thumb
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stabilizes forearm and ulnar ... pollicis longus and extensor ... pollicis brevis tendons ... Tenosynovitis #clinical ... #sports #msk #orthopedics