Distal radius fractures: what to look for on radiographs

Benjamin Leo Gray, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Penn Orthopedics, Pennsylvania Hospital
From the 8th Annual Philadelphia Orthopaedic Trauma Symposium June 10, 2016, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia

[@thevoiceharmonic]

Ensure your theatre radiographers collimate the image to only show the wrist. Any radiation that misses the wrist and causes 'white bright' on the monitor is producing extra scatter radiation dose. I did a survey in a hospital 16 years ago and from the 17 radiographers who did theatre work, only 3 collimated the images. Six weeks after I pointed out this failing, 4 radiographers collimated. Asked why they didn't, they said they were frightened of being told off. I told them to tell the arthropod that you wanted to reduce their dose. The dose difference was massive with hip work

[@hrudaip8291]

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[@newyoutuber9683]

Hi sir I hope you are fine I had 4th metacarpal fracture and now is 4 month I can make fist but my bones are not in line one top of another one now what should I do

[@rupakatageri2982]

Have you recovered now? Did you have surgery?

[@chingkheichung988]

I've fracture at the end of distal radius and The broken bones are separated . Its about 1 month old without surgery. Is still have a chance to do the surgery or is there any other way to fix it.

[@treadstonevinod]

I am on cast and going to be operated on 19th which is in 15 days

[@shahbazbajwa6821]

I did it after 6 weeks

[@idk-ih9rr]

I had a different type but the same bone, I just had to do a cast for 8 weeks.

[@JackoBanon1]

It's possible but they have to break the bone again and the chance to fully recover is less.

[@juwelhossain5025]

@@shahbazbajwa6821 what percent recovery your hand?

[@staidartzo6v837]

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[@kellybeier1068]

Did not understand none of this