Conditions Of The Hand And Wrist Flashcards

1
Q

Where will a patient with a scaphoid fracture experience pain?

A

In the anatomical snuff box, pain worsens on moving the wrist

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2
Q

If a scaphoid fracture is suspected clinically, why should you treat it as a fracture before confirmation?

A

Risk of avascular necrosis, blood supply to scaphoid mostly retrograde

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3
Q

What is the most common cause of a scaphoid fracture?

A

Fall onto an outstretched hand

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4
Q

If a patient falls onto an extended wrist what distal radial fracture would you suspect?

A

Colle’s fracture

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5
Q

If a patient falls onto the dorsum of a flexed wrist what distal radial fracture would you suspect?

A

Smith fracture

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6
Q

What cutlery does a patient with a colles fracture compare to?

A

A fork (side view)

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7
Q

What garden tool does a patients wrist with a smith fracture compare to?

A

A spade

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