"Special" Fractures Flashcards
Mallet Finger
Disruption of extensor mechanism, often associated with avulsion fracture
Mallet Finger - MOI
Forced flexion of extended DIP
Mallet Finger - Rx
Splint in extension, then initiate AROM
Scaphoid Fracture - MOI
Fall on outstretched hand (FOOSH)
Scaphoid Fracture - Rx
Closed reduction and casting; ORIF and bone grafting if avascular
-AVN and non-union are frequent complications
Perilunate Fracture
Axial loading into hyperextension and ulnar deviation
Perilunate Fracture - MOI
High energy impact, typically young adults
Perilunate Fracture - Rx
Immediate ORIF
Boxer’s Fracture
Fracture of the 4th or 5th metacarpal
Boxer’s Fracture - MOI
Usually a blow with a clenched fist
Boxer’s Fracture - Rx
Closed reduction and casting; ORIF if significant displacement
Bennett’s Fracture
Fracture/dislocation of base of 1st metacarpal
Can be highly functionally limiting
Bennett’s Fracture - MOI
Axial loading of a partially flexed thumb
Bennett’s Fracture - Rx
Closed reduction with thumb spica or ORIF
Colles’ Fracture
- “dinner fork deformity”
- Transverse fracture of distal radius with dorsal/lateral displacement
- Common in post-menopausal women, associated with OP
Colles’ Fracture - MOI
FOOSH
Colles’ Fracture - Rx
Closed reduction and casting if not comminuted; ORIF if comminuted
Smith’s Fracture
- Fracture of the distal radius with palmar/medial displacement
- Common in young men, usually a fall or blow to the back of hand
Smith’s Fracture - MOI
Fall onto flexed or pronated wrist
Smith’s Fracture - Rx
Same as Colles’