UE Flashcards
Barton Fx
dorsal margin of distal radius best viewed laterally
Reverse Barton Fx
volar margin of the distal radius best viewed laterally
Hutchinson Fx
Radial margin of the distal radius best viewed with PA
Smith Fx
Large fx of the distal radius that displaces volarly
MOI fall on back of hand or direct blow to dorsum of hand
Galeazzi Fx
Fx of distal 1/3 of radius with proximal end displaced dorsally
MOI FOOSH or blow to dorsolateral wrist
Best view of scaphoid bone
PA with ulnar deviation
MOI FOOSH
Best view of pisiform and pisotriquetral joint
Supinated oblique
Best view of triquetral bone and radial styloid
Pronated oblique
Best view of hook of hammate, pisiform, and volar aspect of trapezium
Carpel tunnel view (full wrist extension)
Bennet Fx
Fx of proximal end of the 1st metacarpal
Boxers Fx
Fx of metacarpal neck (typically 5th) with volar angulation of distal fragment
Gamekeepers Thumb
Fx of base of proximal phalanx
Stener Lesion
Ruptured end of ulnar collateral ligament displaced superficially to the adductor pollicis aponeurosis
Hulten Variance (ulnar variance)
radial styloid process normally exceeds the length of articular end of ulna by 9-12 mm
Negative variance ulna is more proximal (more than 12 mm)
Positive variance ulna is displaced distally and has less ulnar variance
Radial angle
ulnar slant 15-25 degrees
Palmar Inclination
Volar tilt of the articular surface of radius 10-25 degrees
TFCC
Triangular Fibrocartilage Complex Triangular fibrocartilage Radioulnar ligament Ulnocarpal ligament Extensor Carpi Ulnaris tendon sheath Meniscus homologue
Normal Elbow carrying angle
approx 15 degrees
CRITOE
Capitellum Radial Head Internal (Medial) Epicondyle Trochlea Olecranon External (Lateral) Epicondyle
If you see only 3 fragments should be the first 3 on the list otherwise (they disappear with External epicondyle first)
Elbow Lateral View
Best view for olecranon process, anterior radial head, humeroradial joint
Disad- poor view of posterior radial head and coronoid process