Wrist & Hand Flashcards
MOI for a scaphoid fracture
Fall on an out stretched hand and a hyper extended wrist
T or F
10-15 is the most common age for a scaphoid break?
False
T or F
there is no obvious deformity with a scaphoid fracture
True
What is the best test for a scaphoid fracture?
anatomical snuff box
What is the best diagnostic test for a scaphoid fracture?
Bone scan
Where is the pain located with a scaphoid fracture?
At the base of the thumb
What type of fractures are non surgical?
Non-displaced or hairline fractures
What type of cast do non surgical fractures get?
thumb and hand included and ends below the elbow or thumb included and extends past elbow
How far are surgical fractures displaced?
1mm
two ways surgical fractures are repaired
with screws or bone grafts
two places where the bone graft is taken from
the forearm or the hip
return to play time frame?
8-12 weeks but as long as 24 weeks
injury scaphoid fracture is often mistaken as?
Wrist sprain
What kind of exercises need to be done after cast is removed?
ROM exercises like Pflexion, Pextension, ball squeezes, pronation, supination
what are the complications that can come from a scaphoid break?
A non union and avascular necrosis
What is a nonunion?
what the bone fails to heal because of poor blood supply
how do they correct a nonunion?
bone graft
what is avascular necrosis?
a displaced bones vascular supply is disrupted, causing it to die
how is avascular necrosis treated?
bone graft that has a good vascular supply
what are the more likely sports to have a scaphoid fracture?
football, basketball, and extreme sport
what is the most commonly fractured carpal bone in the hand
scaphoid
what is the most commonly dislocated carpal bone in the hand
lunate
what ligament originates off the styloid process and inserts on the scaphoid and trapezium
RCL
ligament responsible for checking radial deviation
UCL