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Dr. Scott Pollock demonstrates how to perform a wrist exam.
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<p begin="00:00:09.622" end="00:00:11.637" style="s2">- We're going to examine the wrist today,</p>
<p begin="00:00:11.637" end="00:00:14.759" style="s2">and the best transducer<br />for this examination</p>
<p begin="00:00:14.759" end="00:00:17.869" style="s2">is the L25, the small footprint.</p>
<p begin="00:00:17.869" end="00:00:20.225" style="s2">We'll check that the exam type is correct.</p>
<p begin="00:00:20.225" end="00:00:22.892" style="s2">We're doing an MSK type of exam.</p>
<p begin="00:00:24.490" end="00:00:27.783" style="s2">For orientation, there<br />is a marker here which</p>
<p begin="00:00:27.783" end="00:00:31.791" style="s2">corresponds to the<br />turquoise dot on the screen.</p>
<p begin="00:00:31.791" end="00:00:35.958" style="s2">Keep this marker proximal when<br />I'm examining longitudinally</p>
<p begin="00:00:36.850" end="00:00:40.290" style="s2">and medial when I'm<br />examining transversally.</p>
<p begin="00:00:40.290" end="00:00:43.082" style="s2">We'll start the wrist<br />on the dorsal surface</p>
<p begin="00:00:43.082" end="00:00:45.568" style="s2">and examine transversally first.</p>
<p begin="00:00:45.568" end="00:00:47.860" style="s2">There are six compartments, beginning with</p>
<p begin="00:00:47.860" end="00:00:51.608" style="s2">the first compartment at<br />the base of the thumb,</p>
<p begin="00:00:51.608" end="00:00:54.768" style="s2">and the sixth compartment<br />near the ulnar styloid.</p>
<p begin="00:00:54.768" end="00:00:57.826" style="s2">When we look at the wrist structures,</p>
<p begin="00:00:57.826" end="00:01:01.440" style="s2">we're looking not only<br />at tendons and bones,</p>
<p begin="00:01:01.440" end="00:01:05.440" style="s2">but we're also looking<br />at a multitude of joints.</p>
<p begin="00:01:08.787" end="00:01:12.120" style="s2">If I come over here to a middle portion,</p>
<p begin="00:01:14.809" end="00:01:17.823" style="s2">we're looking at carpal bones here.</p>
<p begin="00:01:17.823" end="00:01:20.855" style="s2">With the presence of synovitis,</p>
<p begin="00:01:20.855" end="00:01:25.107" style="s2">we would have hyperechoic<br />or anechoic fluid</p>
<p begin="00:01:25.107" end="00:01:29.249" style="s2">and thickening of synovium<br />at these recesses,</p>
<p begin="00:01:29.249" end="00:01:31.196" style="s2">which are the joints.</p>
<p begin="00:01:31.196" end="00:01:32.860" style="s2">None of that is present here.</p>
<p begin="00:01:32.860" end="00:01:37.027" style="s2">We'll move over to the<br />extensor tendons of the thumb,</p>
<p begin="00:01:38.837" end="00:01:42.913" style="s2">where you can sometimes see<br />de Quervain's tenosynovitis,</p>
<p begin="00:01:42.913" end="00:01:45.303" style="s2">and here is a nice view of one of</p>
<p begin="00:01:45.303" end="00:01:48.436" style="s2">the long tendons of the thumb.</p>
<p begin="00:01:48.436" end="00:01:51.805" style="s2">These extensor digitorum tendons here</p>
<p begin="00:01:51.805" end="00:01:55.193" style="s2">are normal in appearance on cross-section.</p>
<p begin="00:01:55.193" end="00:01:58.373" style="s2">These are the two thumb<br />tendons that you see</p>
<p begin="00:01:58.373" end="00:02:01.700" style="s2">right over the distal end of the radius,</p>
<p begin="00:02:01.700" end="00:02:04.019" style="s2">which is right here.</p>
<p begin="00:02:04.019" end="00:02:08.186" style="s2">This then can be traced<br />distally out toward the thumb,</p>
<p begin="00:02:09.945" end="00:02:13.064" style="s2">and these tendons and<br />their peritendinous tissue</p>
<p begin="00:02:13.064" end="00:02:15.732" style="s2">can be examined carefully.</p>
<p begin="00:02:15.732" end="00:02:18.580" style="s2">On the other side of the<br />wrist toward the ulna,</p>
<p begin="00:02:18.580" end="00:02:20.201" style="s2">we have a very nice view of the</p>
<p begin="00:02:20.201" end="00:02:23.416" style="s2">extensor carpi ulnaris tendon, which is</p>
<p begin="00:02:23.416" end="00:02:26.310" style="s2">one of the largest extensor<br />tendons in the wrist</p>
<p begin="00:02:26.310" end="00:02:28.501" style="s2">and easiest to see.</p>
<p begin="00:02:28.501" end="00:02:32.173" style="s2">It also is frequently<br />surrounded, in a patient</p>
<p begin="00:02:32.173" end="00:02:35.310" style="s2">with an inflammatory process, with fluid</p>
<p begin="00:02:35.310" end="00:02:39.440" style="s2">or synovium, and that<br />can be seen as either</p>
<p begin="00:02:39.440" end="00:02:42.719" style="s2">anechoic or hyperechoic shadow around the</p>
<p begin="00:02:42.719" end="00:02:46.624" style="s2">distinct oval-shaped tendon, which is</p>
<p begin="00:02:46.624" end="00:02:51.117" style="s2">hyperechoic, and you can see<br />the fibrillar nature within it.</p>
<p begin="00:02:51.117" end="00:02:55.284" style="s2">If we look longitudinally,<br />keeping this dot proximal,</p>
<p begin="00:02:56.705" end="00:03:00.243" style="s2">and find that extensor<br />carpi ulnaris tendon,</p>
<p begin="00:03:00.243" end="00:03:03.057" style="s2">you can see these parallel lines,</p>
<p begin="00:03:03.057" end="00:03:05.369" style="s2">which are going from left to right.</p>
<p begin="00:03:05.369" end="00:03:07.544" style="s2">There are areas that are hyperechoic</p>
<p begin="00:03:07.544" end="00:03:09.971" style="s2">alternating with hypoechoic.</p>
<p begin="00:03:09.971" end="00:03:12.661" style="s2">This is a normal appearance of the tendon,</p>
<p begin="00:03:12.661" end="00:03:15.851" style="s2">and also visualize peritendonous tissue.</p>
<p begin="00:03:15.851" end="00:03:18.684" style="s2">The retinaculum, which is up here,</p>
<p begin="00:03:19.642" end="00:03:23.963" style="s2">in deep to this, this is<br />the distal part of the ulna.</p>
<p begin="00:03:23.963" end="00:03:26.101" style="s2">First part of carpal bones,</p>
<p begin="00:03:26.101" end="00:03:28.593" style="s2">and triangular ligament is in here.</p>
<p begin="00:03:28.593" end="00:03:32.760" style="s2">Next, we look at the volar, or<br />palmer surface of the wrist.</p>
<p begin="00:03:34.730" end="00:03:36.679" style="s2">Most of the time, we're going to be</p>
<p begin="00:03:36.679" end="00:03:39.490" style="s2">looking at the median nerve in this area.</p>
<p begin="00:03:39.490" end="00:03:43.855" style="s2">Again, the transducer<br />marker is placed medially.</p>
<p begin="00:03:43.855" end="00:03:47.630" style="s2">This structure here is the median nerve.</p>
<p begin="00:03:47.630" end="00:03:52.353" style="s2">We can go toward the radial<br />side and see the artery,</p>
<p begin="00:03:52.353" end="00:03:56.520" style="s2">the hyperechoic or anechoic<br />area that has a small pulsation.</p>
<p begin="00:03:58.271" end="00:04:01.991" style="s2">Sometimes checking color Doppler signal</p>
<p begin="00:04:01.991" end="00:04:06.790" style="s2">or Doppler signal is helpful,<br />and the median nerve, then,</p>
<p begin="00:04:06.790" end="00:04:09.779" style="s2">is seen right here in the middle.</p>
<p begin="00:04:09.779" end="00:04:13.832" style="s2">On the ulnar surface,<br />going in this direction,</p>
<p begin="00:04:13.832" end="00:04:17.278" style="s2">is the ulnar artery, and<br />we can freeze the image</p>
<p begin="00:04:17.278" end="00:04:20.282" style="s2">and take a measurement of the median nerve</p>
<p begin="00:04:20.282" end="00:04:24.396" style="s2">if it's desired to see<br />whether this is enlarged</p>
<p begin="00:04:24.396" end="00:04:28.227" style="s2">using direct correlation<br />between this measurement</p>
<p begin="00:04:28.227" end="00:04:30.579" style="s2">and the presence of<br />carpal tunnel syndrome.</p>
<p begin="00:04:30.579" end="00:04:34.045" style="s2">So I have placed my calipers on both sides</p>
<p begin="00:04:34.045" end="00:04:38.180" style="s2">of the median nerve, just<br />inside the perineurium,</p>
<p begin="00:04:38.180" end="00:04:40.914" style="s2">and then I'm going to<br />hit this ellipse button.</p>
<p begin="00:04:40.914" end="00:04:45.466" style="s2">Then I can actually take an<br />approximate surface area.</p>
<p begin="00:04:45.466" end="00:04:49.633" style="s2">She has a .08 centimeter<br />squared area, which is normal,</p>
<p begin="00:04:50.746" end="00:04:54.056" style="s2">and so by ultrasound<br />criteria does not have</p>
<p begin="00:04:54.056" end="00:04:55.973" style="s2">carpal tunnel syndrome.</p>
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