Test 6 MSK Flashcards
What type of shoulder location is more common?
Anterior
usually from external rotation & abduction
Fix shoulder dislocation
- Distal traction & internal rotation
- Immobilize for 6 wks
- Physical therapy
Arthroscopic surgery if doesn’t work
Tx clavicle Fx
Sling
Surgery if:
- Open Fx
- Markedly displaced Fx
- Fxs w/ multi trauma
- Distal Fx
Sx w/ posterior sternoclavicular dislocations
- Stridor
- Dysphagia
- Venous distention
- Pulse defecit
Tx anterior sternoclavicular dislocation
no surgery
Sling
Tx posterior sternoclavicular dislocation
Immediate close reduction
Might need open reduction surgery
Sling
Sx of rotator cuff impingement
- Gradual onset of anterior, lateral shoulder pain
- Night pain & difficulty sleeping on affected side
- Pain in forward flexion & abduction
- Atrophy of muscles in chronic disease
- Pain w/ Neers & Hawkens
Tx rotator cuff impingement
- NSAIDS
- PT
- Give cortisone shot - if it’s cured then it was tendonitis
If there is still pain then you need an MRI - No overhead work, no heavy lifting, no pushing or pulling
How does a proximal humerus Fx usually occur?
Direct blow or fall onto outstretched hand
Assoc w/ dislocations of greater tuberosity
What type of proximal humerus Fx need a shoulder replacement?
Hemiarthroplasty
4 part Fx
How is an elbow broken?
Fall w/ elbow locked in extension
Check neurovascular b/c ulnar nerve runs along medial condyle
Tx elbow Fx
- Closed reduction w/ axial traction
2. Put affected extremity in long arm posterior splint
Most common elbow dislocations?
Posterior/posteriolateral
What is tennis elbow & Tx?
Lateral epicondylitis Inflammation of the extensor muscles in the forearm 1. Rest 2. Ice 3. NSAID 4. Bracing 5. PT 6. Cortisone If all else fails - surgery
What is medial epicondylitis?
Inflammation of flexor muscles of forearm
Pain & tenderness on medial aspect of elbow, swelling, weakness, numbness & tingling
Swinging golf club, racket, pitching a ball, turning a doorknob, picking up something w/ the palm down will cause pain
Same Tx as tennis elbow
Tx olecranon Fx
ORIF
Tx olecranon bursitis
- NSAIDS
- Aspiration of bursa
- Hydrocortisone
Classifications of radial head Fx
1 - non-displace
2 - minimal displacement
3 - comminute
Usually Types 1-2
3 needs ORIF
What is a Monteggia Fx?
Fx of middle to distal 1/3 of ulna w/ anterior dislocation of radial head
What is a Galeazzi Fx?
Fx of distal to middle third of radius w/ dislocation of radioulnar joint
What is a Colles fx?
Distal radius Fx from fall on outstretch hand
Close reduction or ORIF
What is a smith Fx?
Distal radius Fx from fall w/ wrist flexed
Normal radial inclination
22-23 degrees
Loss of this will inc. load across the lunate
What do Pts experience w/ shortened radial length?
Loss of pronation & supination
What is normal radial tilt?
11mm
2-20mm
Measured on lateral view
What is a boxer’s Fx & Tx?
head of 5th metacarpal
1. Splinting w/ ulna gutter splint & refer
How many bones are in the wrist & hand?
27
What Fx shows pain in anatomical snuff box & Tx?
Scaphoid Fx
Repeat Xray in 3-5 days
Thumb spica splint & ortho referral
What is the Terry Thomas/David Letterman sign?
Scapholunate dissociation
Splint
Who usually gets carpal tunnel?
Women
- Pregnancy
- Menopause
- Obesity
- Diabetes
- Thyroid disorders
- Kidney failure
Sx of Carpal tunnel
Pain, numbness, tingling, burning in the hand, thumb, index , middle & 1/2 of ring finger
Weakness in hand & not being able to hold things, hand falls asleep
Wasting of thenar eminence
Tx carpal tunnel
- Splinting at night
- NSAIDS
- Cortisone shot into carpal tunnel
Surgery
What is Dupuytren contracture?
Slow, progressive thickening of palmar fascia & shortening of the tendon
More common in men
Northern European descent
Tx Dupuytren contracture
- Occupational therapy
2. Surgery
What is DeQuervain’s syndrome?
Swelling or stenosis of the sheath that surrounds the adductor pollicus longus & extensor pollicus brevis
Usually from repetitive motion
Most common in middle aged women
Sx DeQuervain’s syndrome
Pain & swelling over radial syloid
Might squeek
Test - Finklestein test
What is the Finklestein test?
To see if you have DeQuervain’s syndrome
Full extension of thumb followed by ulnar deviation of the wrist = pain
Tx DeQuervain’s syndrome
- RICE
- Splint w/ thumb spica splint
- Cortisone
Surgery if doesn’t work
What is gameskeeper’s thumb & Tx
aka ski pole injury
Hyperextension of thumb causing disruption to ulnar collateral ligament
Splint 6-8 wks
What is mallet finger & Tx?
MAO - forced flexion of distal phalanx (trying to catch a ball)
Splint 6-10 wks, Pt education
What is Boutonniere deformity & Tx?
MOA - forceful blow to the bent finger - unable to extend finger
May be caused by arthritis
Swelling & pain at PIP
Deformity can develop immediately or 1-3wks after injury
Tx - splint & stretch exercises
What is swan neck deformity & Tx?
Causes:
- Injury
- RA
- Ehler’s Danlos Syndrome
Splint, exercises
What is Jersey finger & Tx?
Flexor digitorum profundus avulsion contraction at DIP extension
-from grabbing a jersey
Unable to flex finger
Surgery, DIP arthrodesis
Tx fight bite
Augmentin
What is felon?
Infection of fingertip pukp
Thumb & index fingers most common
Staph aureus most common
What is paronychia?
Infection of soft tissue around fingernail
Painful, purulent drainage
Staph most common
What is Herpetic whitlow?
Very painful infection of hand
Usually on terminal phalanx
HSV1 most common
May use acyclovir
S/S Flexor tenosynovitis
- Finger held in slight flexion
- Fusiform swelling
- Tenderness along the flexor tendon sheath
- Pain w/ passive extension of digit
Who commonly gets flexor tenosynovitis & Tx?
- RA
- DM
Tx:
- Cefazolin
- Surgical drainage maybe
Risk factors of osteoarthritis
- Age
- Obesity
- Previous trauma
- Metabolic abnormalities (Acromegaly, gout, hyperparathyroidism)
S/S Osteoarthritis
- Herbeden’s nodes at PIP
- Fusiform swelling of joints
- Loss of ROM
- Effusions
- Crepitus
- Pain
- Genu Valgum (knock knees)
- Genu Varum (bow leg)
Dx osteoarthritis
- Labs
- Narrowing of joint spaces
- Osteophytes, chondral irregularity, boney cystic changes, articular surface sclerosis
Tx osteoarthritis
- Pt education
- Exercise
- Cold therapy 1st then heat
- NSAID
- COX2 - Celebrex
- Cortisone injections
- Hyaluronic acid injections
- Arthroplasty
What joints can have a total arthroplasty?
- Knee
- Hip
- Shoulder
- Elbow
- Ankle
Criteria for Dx Rheumatoid Arthritis
Must have 4/7
- Morning stiffness
- Arthritis of 3or+ joints for at least 6 weeks
- Arthritis of hand joints for at least 6 weeks
- Symmetric arthritis for at least 6 weeks
- Rheumatoid nodules
- Positive serum rheumatic factor
- Radiographic changes
Risk factors for RA
- Female
- 35-50
- RA is men <45 is rare
- 1st degree relative
- HLA-DR4
S/S RA
- Malaise & fatigue
- Stiffness
- Pain & tenderness
- Effusion
- Symmetric arthritis
- Rheumatoid nodules
- Deformity of hand & finger
Extra-articular manifestations of RA
- Heart - pericarditis, vasculitis, valvular & valve ring nodules
- Lung - effusions & bronchiolitis
- Skin - fragility & nodules
- Neuro - neuropathy, cervical myelopathy, peripheral neuropathy
- Hematology - anemia, thrombocytosis
- Bone - osteopenia
- Eye - Sjorgen’s, episcleritis, scleromalacia perforans
- Kidney - amyloidosis, vasculitis
Labs RA
- ESR
- CRP
- Platelets
- Anemia
- Rheumatoid factor
Tx RA
- NSAIDS
- Plaquenil, methotrexate
If doesn’t work: - Azathioprine, Infliximab, gold cyclosporine, low dose steroids
Dx septic arthritis & Tx
- CBC
- ESR
- CRP
- Xrays
- Blood cultures
- Joint aspiration & culture
- Gram stain & culture
Tx w/ abx & drainage
Where does gout usually occur?
Big tootsie
What is pseudogout & who is at risk?
Calcium pyrophosphate crystals
- Age
- Joint trauma
- Genetic disorder
- Mineral imbalances
- Underactive thyroid/overactive parathyroid
Tx gout
- Colchicine
- Indomethacin
- NSAIDS
- Ice
- Allopurinol to dec. uric acid production
- Peobenecid to inc. uric acid excretion
Eat dark cherries
What is the most common Fx from an old lady falling?
Intertrochanteric of femur - from greater to lesser trochanter
Tx - ORIF
Tx femur Fx
Intermedullary nailing
Who gets slipped capital femoral epiphysis?
Males 10-17 Females 8-15 Pain in hip, knee or thigh 1. Fat 2. Blacks 3. Hypothroidism L hip more effected
S/S & Dx slipped capital femoral epiphysis
- Antalgic gait
- Limited internal rotation
- Pain on abduction w/ extreme motion
- Hip held in flexion & external rotation
Dx - Patricks test or FABER/FADIR