Hand disorders

Question 1

De Quervain’s tenosynovitis primarily effects which two tendons

Answer 1

Abductor pollicis longus
Extensor pollicis brevis

Question 2

De Quervain’s tenosynovitis causes

Answer 2

pain on radial side of the wrist

Question 3

bilateral De Quervain’s tenosynovitis is often caused by

Answer 3

new patents liftin new born babies

Question 4

special test for De Quervain’s tenosynovitis

Answer 4

Finkelstein’s test

Question 5

patient making a fist with their thumb inside their fingers, then the wrist is adducted is what test

Answer 5

Finkelstein’s test for De Quervain’s tenosynovitis

Question 6

risk factors for trigger finger

Answer 6

women
40-50
diabetes

Question 7

finger that gets stuck in a flexed position, resolves with a popping or clicking sound that is tender and worse in the morning

Answer 7

trigger finger

Question 8

treatment of trigger finger

Answer 8

Rest and analgesia
Splinting
Steroid injections
Surgery

Question 9

what is Dupuytren’s contracture

Answer 9

fascia of the hand becomes thickened and tight

Question 10

risk factors for Dupuytren’s contracture

Answer 10

male
maual labour
diabetes
smoking
alcohol
epilepsy

Question 11

ring finger contracted with hard nodules in palm

Answer 11

Dupuytren’s contracture

Question 12

test for Dupuytren’s contracture

Answer 12

table top test

Question 13

treatment for Dupuytren’s contracture

Answer 13

fasciotomy

Question 14

Carpal tunnel syndrome is caused by compression of the

Answer 14

medial nerve

Question 15

median nerve provides sensory innervation of the palmar aspects of the

Answer 15

thumb
index and middle finger
lateral ring finger

Question 16

median nerve supplies which muscles

Answer 16

Abductor pollicis brevis
Opponens pollicis
Flexor pollicis brevis

Question 17

bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome can be caused by

Answer 17

acromegaly

Question 18

Phalen’s test is used to look for

Answer 18

carpal tunnel syndrome

Question 19

Tinel’s test is used to look for

Answer 19

carpal tunnel syndrome

Question 20

describe Phalen’s test

Answer 20

fully flexing the wrist and holding it in this position

Question 21

describe Tinel’s test

Answer 21

tapping the wrist at the location where the median nerve travels through the carpal tunnel

Question 22

Ganglion cysts originate from

Answer 22

tendon sheaths or joint

Question 23

ganglion cysts are full of

Answer 23

synovial fluid

Question 24

firm, non tender, lesion less than 2cm that transilluminates

Answer 24

ganglion cyst

Question 25

most ganglion cysts are managed

Answer 25

conservatively