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Common Hand Fractures on X-Ray
Mallet finger - injury to the lateral extensor slips
Boutonniere deformity - injury
X-Ray Mallet finger ... tendon Volar plate ... thumb injury to ulnar ... XRay #Radiology #Wrist ... #differential #diagnosis
Rock Paper Scissors - Assessment of Nerve Damage in Upper Limb Injuries
Rock - Median Nerve
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FracturesFinger ... • Extension of ... wrist & MCP joint ... muscles of hand (finger ... UpperExtremities #diagnosis
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 ... Discharge with orthopedic ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis ... Management #Hand #Orthopedics
Mallet Finger
Absence of a fracture does NOT exclude Mallet finger, the extension function of the DIP
of a fracture does ... tendon distal to ... Exam: Swollen and tender ... Discharge with orthpedic ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis
Eichhoff's Test in de Quervain's Tenosynovitis

1) Patient makes a fist with fingers wrapped around the thumb
2)
makes a fist with fingers ... stabilizes forearm and ulnar ... pollicis longus and extensor ... pollicis brevis tendons ... #sports #msk #orthopedics
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 ... #Wrist #Carpal ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis
Mytomes - Segmental Innervation of Muscles
Shoulder	Abduction	C5	Axillary Nerve
Shoulder	Adduction	C6-C8	Thoracodorsal Nerve
Elbow	Flexion	C5	Musculocutaneous Nerve
Elbow	Extension	C7	Radial Nerve
Wrist	Extension	C6	Radial Nerve
Fingers	Flexion	C8	Median Nerve
Fingers	Abduction	T1	Ulnar Nerve
Hip	Flexion	L2	Nerve to Psoas
Hip	Extension	S1	Inferior Gluteal
Radial Nerve Wrist ... Nerve Fingers ... Abduction T1 Ulnar ... MuscleGroups #MSK #Orthopedics ... #Neurology #Diagnosis
Perilunate Dislocation
On lateral wrist XR, the capitate ("apple") should sit in the lunate ("tea cup") which
dorsally and no longer ... extension • ... injuries: Carpal fracture ... radial styloid fracture ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis
Extensor Carpi Ulnaris (ECU) Synergy Test for ECU Tendinitis

With the patient's hand supinated, the examiner grasps
thumb and middle finger ... palpating the ECU tendon ... along the dorsal ulnar ... aspect of the wrist ... physicalexam #msk #orthopedics
This 66M w h/o DM2, renal transplant presented with severe volar hand and wrist pain x
volar hand and wrist ... clip of his index finger ... , what's the diagnosis ... surrounding flexor tendons ... UAB_Sono #Clinical #POCUS