MSK Flashcards
How fast do phalanges heal?
quickly. 3 weeks
How fast does the tibia heal?
slowly. 10 weeks
How fast do bones typically heal?
6-8 weeks
What does AVN look like on T1
dark
What band is most important in scapho lunate ligament?
dorsal
What is considered widening of scapho lunate space?
> 3mm
What ligament disruption and fracture is associated with mid carpal dislocation?
triquetrial fracture
triquetro lunate ligament
lunate dislocation occurs with what ligament injury?
dorsal radiolunate ligament
DISI injury
radial sided, SL ligament injury
VISI injury
LT ligament
normal scaphoid lunate angle?
30-60 angle
DISI angle
> 60
VISI angle
<30
Two fractures at the base of the first metacarpal?
bennett and rolando
THe pull of what tendon causes dorsolateral dislocation in Bennett Fracture?
abductor pollicis longus
What is gamekeepers thumb?
avulsion at base of proximal first phalanx with ulnar collateral ligament disruption
What is a Stener Lesion?
adductor tendon gets caught in torn edges of UCL (in gamekeepers thumb)
yoyo appearance on MRI
stener lesion
Carpal tunnel syndrome is associated with what four things?
dialysis, pregnancy, DM, hypothyroidism
Guyons canal is formed by what bones?
pisiform and hamate
What gets entrapped in guyons canal?
ulnar nerve
What is handle bar palsy?
ulnar nerve entrapment in guyon canal
Colles fracture
dorsal angulation
Smith fracture
volar angulation