Dorsal Hand Hematoma
By Evans, Brogan
Overview Vascular trauma without adequate hemostasis can lead to the accumulation of blood within surrounding soft tissue. The extravasated blood organizes and is consequently known...
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Dislocation
By Thomson, Grant
A joint is dislocated(1) when the two joint surfaces are no longer in contact with each other (Figure 1). This is to be distinguished from a subluxation(2),...
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Proximal Interphalangeal Joint Dislocation
By Catherine Ly
Proximal interphalangeal joint (PIPJ) dislocation is one of the most common hand injuries. Dislocation refers to displacement in which the two articular surfaces are no...
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Trans-Scaphoid Perilunate Dislocation
By Rajiv Iyengar
Background The lunate bone is aptly named because of its crescent shape on the lateral view (‘luna’ means moon in Latin). It is bounded by...
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Night stick fracture (isolated distal ulna fracture)
By Arvind Gowda
Above: 63 year old female presenting with a left oblique distal ulna fx with ulnar styloid component sustained after a fall. Nightstick fractures are isolated fractures of the ulna,...
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Posts published in August 2019

Metacarpo-phalangeal Dislocation

By grant.thomson on August 30, 2019

Definition A joint is dislocated(1) when the two joint surfaces are no longer in contact with each other. A dislocation or subluxation(2) may be suspected…