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A wrist injury not to miss

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A 29-year-old man presented to the emergency department with chronic right wrist pain and numbness of the radial three digits after falling off his bicycle 5 months previously. He was… Click to show full abstract

A 29-year-old man presented to the emergency department with chronic right wrist pain and numbness of the radial three digits after falling off his bicycle 5 months previously. He was unable to make a full fist with clinical rupture of the flexor tendons of the middle, ring and little fingers. He was referred for antero-posterior (AP) and lateral X-rays of his wrist (figures 1 and 2). Figure 1 AP X-ray of wrist. Figure 2 Lateral X-ray of …

Keywords: wrist injury; injury miss

Journal Title: Emergency Medicine Journal
Year Published: 2019

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