Questions Flashcards
Where is the initial portal for wrist arthrosocpy?
typically the 3,4 portal which is 1 cm distal to lister’s tubercle
Bunnell Test: passive PIP flexion ____ when MCP are taken from flexion to extension because ____
- decreased/lost
- this tightens the intrinsics
- **the opposite would be true with extrinsic tightness
what are the transfers for EPL and EDC for PIN palsy?
-palmaris longus and FCR
Thenar flaps are best for ___ patients with ____ _____ defects on the ____ and ____ fingers
- younger
- volar oblique
- index and long
what is a kite flap and what is it good for?
1st dorsal metacarpal artery flap and for dorsal thumb defects with exposed extensor tendons
what is the warm and cold ischemia time for replanted digits?
better outcomes with < 12 hrs warm and 24 hrs cold ishcemia
name the components of the tfcc
ucl, meniscal homologue, articular disc, volar and dorsal radioulnar ligaments, and ECU tendon sheath
what is the pathology behind wartenberg’s sign?
accessory slip of extensor digiti minimi is innervated by the radial nerve that attaches to abductor digiti minimi which causes the finger to abduct
explain the difference between intrinsic plus and minus
- intrinsic plus: PIP and DIP extension and MCP flexion
- intrinsic minus: extrinsics are more powerful so you get MCP hyperextension and flexion at the PIP/DIP
intrinsic minus is aka ___ hand and seen with what conditions?
- claw hand
- not splinting in intrinsic plus, median or ulnar nerve deficiencies, volkmann contracture, crush hand, compartment syndrome
what is the quadregia effect?
overtensioning of the FDP tendons with repair can cause the adjacent flexor tendons to be overtensioned and they will not be able to get to full flexion
what is lumbrical plus?
DIP amputation, FDP disruption distal to the origin of the lumbrical, or undertensioning of the FDP graft can cause overtensioning from the sag to the lumbrical thus causing extension of PIP/DIP
***remember that lumbricals flex the MCP and extend at the DIP/PIP joints
name the 3 types of nerve injury
- neuropraxia
- axonotmesis: axon disruption
- neurotmesis: complete disruption of nerve
what is the most common position (pronation/supination and wrist flexion/extension) that leads to TFCC injury?
-forearm pronation and wrist extension; think about when athletes fall how they most commonly brace themselves; don’t overthink this
after operative treatment of a central slip injury, how are the immobilized? what joint motion is encouraged?
- PIP in full extension with DIP free
- DIP motion but flexion in particular
is there any functional outcome benefit of form PT versus patient guided PT at home s/p ORIF distal radius?
no
how might you immobilize a zone 6 extensor tendon laceration repair?
yoke splint that holds the finger repair in hyperextension but allows for MCP/PIP/DIP motion; this is helpful for motion and decreasing adhesions but doesn’t immobilize as well and risks poor patient compliance
go through the deformities with 1st CMC arthritis
CMC: adduction and flexion
MCP: hyperextension and abduction
IP: hyperflexion
what is the difference between corticosteroid injection and PT for tennis elbow/lateral epicondylitis?
- corticosteroids have worse outcomes compared to PT; remember its not traditional inflammation but rather angiofibroplasia; PRP is more reasonable
what is an important secondary stabilizer with scapholunate ligament injury that helps prevent DISI deformity with SL injury?
dorsal intercarpal ligaments
when is a wafer procedure indicated?
It is the removal of 2-4 mm of distal ulna with ulnocarpal impingement, positive ulnar variance, and continued pain from TFCC injury
Replant guidelines: fix the ___ first; ___ before ___, use ___ grafts copiously, warm ischemia has ___ time for replant vs cold
- bone
- arteries
- veins
- vein
- shorter
congenital radioulnar synostosis is caused by failure of ____ during the 7th week of gestation
segmentation
what is the optimal time for repair of transected nerve in GSW for example humeral shaft fracture?
-1-3 weeks as this allows the zone of injury to declare itself
what is the cutoff for repair of partial FDP lacerations?
60%
radial nerve palsy transfers: what is the most consistent one performed? what is used for EPL if present? what is used for EDC?
- pronator teres to ECRB
- palmaris longus
- FCR most commonly but also can use FCU or FDS
how is post axial polydactylyl inherited?
autosomal dominant
what are the steps to releases for a PIP flexion contracture?
- checkrein ligament
- accessory collaterals and volar plate
- proper collaterals
cross finger and reverse cross finger flaps: which is used for volar and which is more commonly used for dorsal?
- volar with cross finger flap and dorsal with reverse cross finger flaps
Replantation: when does arterial or venous thrombosis occur after replant? what treatment is used for venous and not arterial and what is the mechanism? what are some things you can do?
- <12 hrs is usually arterial, > 12 hours is venous
- leeches as they excrete hirudin which is 100 times more potent than heparin
- release constrictive bandages, place in dependent position, consider heparin, stellate ganglion block
what is the blood supply to the lateral arm flap?
posterior radial collateral branches off of the profunda brachii
do you resect notta’s nodule with pediatric trigger thumb?
- no
viewing from a 3/4 portal for wrist arthroscopy, what is the order of the volar extrinsic wrist ligaments?
radioscaphocapitate, long radiolunate, short radiolunate
Rupture of tendons with distal radius fractures: volar plating to distal? scaphoid nonunion/spurring? hook of hamate nonunion? screw length with volar plating?
- FPL
- radial flexor tendons
- small finger flexor tendons
- EPL