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Elbow and Forearm
Ortho
Question | Answer |
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What 3 articulations make up the elbow? | ulno-humeral, radio-capitellar and proximal radio-ulnar |
What xrays do you order to assess elbow/forearm | AP w/ arm extended andn lateral w/elbow flexed 90 degrees (comparison views in children) |
Chronic pain: located 5 cm from lateral epicondyle w/o sensory or motor defects | Radial Tunnel Syndrome |
2 possible causes of chronic posterior elbow pain w/ swelling | olecranon bursitis or spur |
2 possible causes of medial epicondylar pain | nerve entrapment or medial epicondylitis |
Describe Cubital Tunnel Syndrom | ulnar nerve entrapment; numbness/tingling over ulanr nerve distributions, + Tinel's at the ELBOW |
What nerve is most commonly injured in elbow fractures? | Ulnar nerve |
Worse w/ wrist flexion and pronation | medial epicondylitis |
worse w/ extension and supination | lateral epicondylitis |
vascular ischemia leading to compromise or compartment syndrom | vulcner's contracture |
do you aspirate an olecranon brusa medially or laterally | lateral (avoid the ulnar nerve) |