Upper Extremity Step1 Flashcards
1
Q
Colle’s fracture
A
FOOSH
fork
potential for injury to median nerve, rupture of tendon of extensor pollicis longus
2
Q
fractures of humerus
A
surgical neck = axillary n
spiral groove = radial n
medial epicondyle = ulnar n
3
Q
scaphoid fracture
A
palpation in snuffbox producing tenderness
pinching reproduces pain at base of thumb
big issue: blood supply to scaphoid is tenuous → avascular necrosis of bone or failure of fracture to heal
4
Q
supracondylar fracture
A
injury to brachial artery → “Volkmanns ischemic contracture”
injury to median/radial nn
5
Q
subluxation of radial head
A
“pulled elbow”
6
Q
dislocation of lunate
A
injury to median nerve
avascular necrosis
