| Term | Definition |
|---|
| median n. | which nerve is affected by carpel tunnel synd.? |
| thumb, index, middle fingers,and medial half of 4th digit and muscles involved in pinching | whats structures are affected by carpel tunnel syndrome? |
| see thenar emminence atrophy, decreased opponens pollicis, phalen's test, and tinel sign, and nerve conduction study test | 5 ways to diagnose carpel tunnel syndrome? |
| Dupuytren's Contracture | A thickening of the fascia of hand (palmar aponeurosis), causing the tendons that extend into the fingers to shorten, which pulls the fingers into the palm in a flexed position? |
| Trigger finger | A tendon catching as it runs in and out of the sheath causing the tendon to be stuck in a position due to the tendon sheath being narrowed, and most common cause is tenosynovitis? |
| Cubital Tunnel Syndrome | Ulnar nerve compression problems in the elbow's cubital tunnel |
| z lengthening of the flexor pronator mass (cut pronator and move ulnar n. to lie beside median n.) and intra-muscular transposition (transect fascia from med. epicondyle and place ulnar n. in mm. bed) | 2 Surgical Txs for cubital tunnel syndrome? |
| DeQuervain's Disease | Tenosynovitis of the thumb causing pain and swelling? |
| Colle's Fracture | Fracture of the distal radius where the hand/wrist are displaced posteriorly w/ respect to the forearm when falling on outstretched hand, and often occurs w/ an ulnar styliod fracture? |
| Barton's Fracture | The most common wrist fracture of the distal radius with a dislocation of the radiocarpal joint, and it often occurs w/ a radial styloid fracture |
| Smith's Fracture | Fracture of the distal radius where the hand and wrist are displaced volar (forward) in respect to the forearm, caused by falling on the palm of an outstreched hand? |
| w/ the wrist slightly extended for intact volar carpel ligament to aid healing | For distal radius fractures how should the wrist be immobilized? |
| closed reduction tx: external fixation is follwed by percutaneus pin insertions | what operative tx should be done if needed for distal radius fractures? |
| Boxer's Fracture | Fx in 5th metacarpal bone? |
| Scaphoid Fracture | What type of Fx is most often ignored or not seen on an X-Ray? |
| anatomical snuffbox | A characteristic of a scaphoid fx is to have pain where? |
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