Topic
Trauma - UL
Podcast
Updated
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ELDERLY, LOW FUNCTION
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SCENARIO: YOUNG OR ELDERLY BUT HIGH FUNCTION
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Distal Radius Fractures
How will you classify this fracture?
Any eponymous names you know?
What are the radiological parameters you looking at?
What is the Rikli and Regazzoni Three-column theory?
What are the prognostic features of stability? Whether the fracture will be maintained?
How do you do a Bier's Block? How do you monitor? How do you safeguard for lidocaine toxicity?
If there is a concomitant carpal tunnel syndrome, how will you make your incision?
How will you manage this fracture in elderly low function?
Cx: Patient comes back 8 weeks and complains of difficulty performing daily tasks due to wrist deformity - how to manage?
Cx: Patient comes back with inability to extend thumb. What has happened?
How do you clinically assess EPL tendon?
Investigation?
How do you check the presence of EIP tendon for reconstruction?
How do you do a EIP to EPL transfer?
What are the principles of tendon transfer?
Cx: patient comes back with inability to flex thumb. What has happened?
Investigation?
How do you manage the ruptured EPL/ FPL tendon in setting of Distal Radius Fracture?
Why not use PL transfer?
How will you manage this fracture?
Surgical reduction tips? Any Special XR views?
Dorsal vs Volar Plating?
Do you need to fix all unla styoid fractures?
What do you know about Volar plating vs K-wire fixation?
What are specific complications that you know about? How to prevent it?