Orthopedics

Question 1

New mother presenting with wrist pain that is exacerbated by ulnar deviation of the wrist with a flexed thumb suggestive of?

Answer 1

Diagnosis of De Quervain’s tenosynovitis

Question 2

Valgus stress test.

Answer 2

is the maneuver to evaluate the medial collateral ligament injury.

Question 3

Pediatric patients with falls on outstreched hands commonly present with?

Answer 3

Supracondylar fractures of the humerus. These fractures can often concur with neurovascular injuries. Specifically, the anterior interosseous nerve, a branch of the median nerve, presents with thump opposition and making the “OK” sign.