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Rock Paper Scissors - Assessment of Nerve Damage in Upper Limb Injuries
Rock - Median Nerve
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(4%), Radius & Ulnar ... • Extension of wrist ... joint Scissors - Ulnar ... (2%), Radius & Ulna ... (5%), Radius & Ulna
Hand Nerve Injuries - Common Presentations
 • Wrist Drop - Radial Nerve Injury
 • Claw Hand
Presentations • Wrist ... • Claw Hand - Ulnar ... Injuries #Anatomy #Differential
Ulnar Fovea Sign Test for Fovea Disruption

Useful for patients with pain along the ulnar aspect of
Ulnar Fovea Sign ... aspect of the wrist ... flexion with the wrist ... Fovea #Sign #Test #wrist ... orthopedics #msk #sports
Triquetral Fracture
The triquetrum is the second most commonly fractured carpal bone. Look for the "pooping duck
distal to distal ulna ... , pain with wrist ... distal radius or ulna ... Triquetrum #Fracture #Wrist ... #Orthopedics #Sports
Common Hand Fractures on X-Ray
Mallet finger - injury to the lateral extensor slips
Boutonniere deformity - injury
thumb injury to ulnar ... XRay #Radiology #Wrist ... #differential #
Epicondylitis - Lateral: Focal epicondyle tenderness, decreased grip strength, pain with resisted wrist extension. Medial: Focal
with resisted wrist ... with resisted wrist ... Diagnosis #EM #Ortho #Sports
Galeazzi Fracture 
Fracture of distal radial shaft with distal radial-ulnar joint disruption. Remember “MUGR” to recall
distal radial-ulnar ... distal radial-ulnar ... x-ray include ulnar ... swollen forearm and wrist ... pronation and at 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 ... extended, and when ulnar ... deviation of the wrist ... contraction of the wrist ... #Instability #Wrist
Orthopedic Fracture Classification - Upper Limbs
Neer Classification of Proximal Humeral head Fractures:
 • 1-part
 • 2-part:
Fracture shaft of ulnar ... of distal radio-ulnar ... displacement of the wrist ... displacement of the wrist ... radius with an ulnar
Scaphoid Fracture
Fractures can compromise the blood supply leading to avascular necrosis (AVN) and degenerative wrist disease.
and degenerative wrist ... #orthopedics #sports