An Acute Wrist Injury

Author: Jemina Loganathan / Editor: Adrian Boyle / Reviewer: Haitham Hodhod / Codes: MuP2, SLO4, TC2, TP1 / Published: 02/02/2023

A male patient presents in the Emergency Department (ED) after falling backwards onto an outstretched right hand. He arrives with his wrist swollen and held in dorsiflexion.

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Karen says:

May 15, 2019 at 6:47 pm

Good case

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Dr Ayman Elsayed Sleem says:

November 12, 2021 at 7:54 am

THANKS

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Dr Syed Shahbaz Ahmer says:

November 20, 2024 at 5:03 pm

Great Revision

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