Identifying and treating traumatic hand and wrist injuries

US findings in traumatic wrist and hand injuries.

Traumatic injuries of the wrist and hand are common. Ultrasonography (US) is a cost-effective, noninvasive, and effective imaging method for diagnosing traumatic lesions affecting the tendons, annular pulleys, ligaments, vessels, and nerves, and for detecting foreign bodies in the wrist and hand. The objective of this article was to review the main US findings of traumatic lesions in the wrist ...

Pediatric hand and wrist injuries.

In the last 40 years, childhood hand and wrist injuries have become progressively more common as children have become heavier and more active in high impact sports. The majority of children with such injuries do well, but treatment is not always straightforward. Distal radius fractures, scaphoid fractures, metacarpal and phalangeal fractures, nailbed injuries, and amputations are among the pedi...

89 - Hand and Wrist Injuries

When assessing hand injuries, the history should focus on the mechanism of the injury, hand position at the time of the insult, perceived resultant functional impairment, and the time elapsed since the injury. Some mechanisms yield classic injury patterns, such as the jersey finger and mallet finger. Other injury patterns are known for their poor outcomes, such as fight bites or high-pressure i...

Athletic Injuries of the Wrist and Hand

Sports injuries of the hand and wrist.

One in four of all fractures involves the hand or wrist. This is true of sports injuries too. Even if fractures of the distal radius are excluded, injuries to the carpus, metacarpals, and phalanges are common in sport. Soft tissue injuries to joints are almost as common. The use of the hand and wrist in different sports affects the way they may be injured. Soccer players (except the goalkeeper)...