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Hand Trauma CT3 –MSK Day
Vijay KamaConsultant EM
Peterborough City Hospital
Let us look ………
• Why is it important?• Basic anatomy• Clinical examination• Common injuries
Hand Injuries
The Importance of the Hand
• Communication
• Sensation
• Employment
• Independent Living
The Hand - Communication
• Greetings
Communication…
• Gestures
Communication…
• Sign Language
Sensation
• Large area brain structure devoted to touch. Highly sensitive.
Sensation…
• Relationships
Employment
• Use of hands fundamental to most vocations.
Independent Living
• Without the use of our hands, most people would find independent living impossible.
• This equals 6-8 weeks off work!! No income for 2 months. How would your finances cope?
Basic Anatomy of the Hand
Anatomy - Tendons
Anatomy - Nerves
Anatomy of the Hand
• Small area – lots to injure.• Even small lacerations may cause functional
issues.
Assessing the Injured Hand - Look
Assess the Finger Posture
Feel
• Is it cold?• Is sensation intact?
Frequently Presenting Hand Injuries
• Fractures• Lacerations/Penetrating Injuries• Amputations• De-gloving Injuries• Human (punch) Bites• Animal Bites• Hand infections
Lacerations
• Very common cause of trauma.• Typical culprits –
Common Results
Lacerations
• Regardless of size, always have a high suspicion for more serious injury.
• Remember, glass only ever stops cutting when it hits bone.
• Lacerated tendon when repaired takes 6-8 weeks of healing and hand therapy to recover.
• Nerve repairs often take 3-6 months to get some benefit from the repair
Extensor tendon Injury:– Divided into Zones according to anatomical
location of injury– In the hand and wrist there are 7 extensor
tendon zones
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Tendon injuriesTendon injuries
Ref. http://emedicine.medscape.com Orthopedic Surgery for Flexor Tendon Lacerations Author: Michael Neumeister, MD, FRCSC, FRCSC, FACS; Chief Editor: Harris Gellman, MD http://www.orthobullets.com- Flexor Tendon Injuries- Derek Moore MD
Zone Presentation Management
I Mallet Deformity•Closed: splinting 6-8 weeks•Open: suture repair for fixation. Soft tissue reconstruction
III Boutonniere’s Deformity
•Closed: splinting MCP and PIP in hyperextension for 6 weeks•Open: suture repair (figure of 8 suture)
V Fixed flexion of MCP•Closed: splinting ,45 extension at wrist and 20 flexion at MCP•Open: suture repair.
VII Fixed flexion of MCP•Suture repair followed by post-op splinting
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Deformities can be due to tendon, bone , nerve injury and joint dislocations
– Specific types –Tendon injuries
• Mallet finger
• Boutonniere deformity
• Z deformity of the thumb
• Swan neck deformity
Flexor tendon injuries –5 zones in the hand and the wrist
Zone 1 One tendon only (FDP) from middle of middle phalanx distallyZone 2 Two tendons (FDS & FDP) from MCP joints to middle of middle phalanxZone 3 Central palmZone 4 Tendons in the carpal tunnelZone 5 Tendons proximal to the carpal tunnel
FDS Insertion
Flexor Sheath
Presentation Flexor injuryZone Presentation Management
I
Loss of active flexion at DIP joint
Hyperextension of DIP joint
(Jersey finger )
•Primary or Secondary tendon repair•Careful suturing prevent post-op adhesions.
II Loss of active flexion at MCP joint
•Skin closure then secondary repair by tendon grafting•Primary repair performed by skilled hand surgeon to minimize post-op adhesions.
III, IVThumb Same
•Primary or secondary tendon repair•Examine carefully for thenar muscle injury and recurrent branches of median nerve. 34
Amputations
• Can occur at any level.• Ability to re-plant / re-vascularise depends on
both the level of amputation and the mechanism.
• Once past the distal third of the distal phalanx the vessels are too small to be anastamosed.
Finger Tip Amputation
Injured components may include skin, bone, nail, nail bed, tendon, and the pulp, the padded area of the fingertip .
• If just skin is removed and the defect is less than a centimeter in diameter, it is often possible to treat these injuries with simple dressing changes.
• If there is a little bit of bone exposed at the tip, it can sometimes be trimmed back slightly and treated with V-Y plasty
Amputation...
Decision is based on: Importance of the part, level of injury, mechanism of injury expected return of function.
Recommended ischemia times for replantation:◦Major replant: 6 hours of warm and 12 hours of
cold ischemia.◦Digit: 12 hours for warm ischemia and 24 hours for
cold ischemia.
Preoperative preparation: radiography of both amputated and stump parts to determine the level of injury and suitability for replantation
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Outcome
Overall success rates for replantation approach 80%.Better outcome with Guillotine (sharp) amputation
(77%) compared to severely crushed and mangled body parts(49%). In general, the prognosis for ring avulsion injuries is poor.
Studies have demonstrated that patients can expect to achieve 50% function and 50% sensation of the replanted part.
Ref. Plastic Surgery, Goldwyn and Cohen, 3rd edition.Plastic Surgery, Grabb and Smith, 3rd edition.
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De-gloving Injuries
Followup
• Can get large areas of skin loss.• Typically treated as a skin graft with original
skin, or debrided and skin grafted from the thigh.
• Can get contraction of the scar.
Punch Bite Injuries
• Very common. • Injury occurs after punching someone in the
mouth. Usually small laceration to the 2nd or 3rd MCPJ. Often extends into the joint with damage to the extensor tendon.
• Always requires IVABs and a washout.• Common consequences – septic arthritis,
extensor tendon loss.
Punch Bite
Followup
• Usually require at least 1 washout. Sometime multiple.
• Tendon cannot be repaired if already infected.• Tendon, although intially intact can be
completely destroyed by infection.• Always, always refer.
Animal Bites
• Cat bites – frequently become infected. Cat teeth puncture like a needle and deposit bacteria at the base to then form an abscess.
• Dog bites – easier to treat than cat bites as dog teeth typically tear leaving the wound open and able to be irrigated. Cosmetically more difficult to treat.
Fractures and dislocations
Diagnosis…..
• Tenderness in anatomicalSnuff box
• Xray- fracture line
Treatment • Scaphoid cast (3-4 months)
• Dorsiflexion& radial deviation(glass holding position)
•Internal fixation
• Herbert’s screw
Complications
• Avascular necrosis
• Delayed / non union
• Wrist osteoarthritis
Lunate dislocations
• Lunate dislocationperilunate dislocation
• Open reduction
• Avascular necrosis
Bennett’s fracture dislocation
• Base of 1st metacarapal
• Intra articular
• Longitudinal force to thumb
Rolando Fracture
• Comminuted First Metacarpal Base #• Presents as ‘Y’ or ‘T’ Pattern• Differs from Bennette that usually no diaphyseal
displacement
CMC dislocation 4th 5th MC
#dislocation of 5th mc , reduced and fixed with k wires
Fracture phalanges• Fall of heavy object or crush injury
• Undisplaced Displaced
• Strapping
• Open reduction
PIPJ dislocations/volar plate disruption
PIPJ dislocation• Mechanism of Injury –
hyperextension of the PIP joint • with or without dislocation • often initial injury seems trivial
PIPJ dislocation
• If dislocation without # OR If # fragment less than 30%
joint surface
→ reduce then manage conservatively in dorsal
blocking splint (DBS)
Dorsal blocking splint
• PIPJ in 30 degrees flexion
• volar structures off stretch
• slowly increase out to neutral
#’s
• 5th Metacarpal– Assess ROM and
digit Rotation– Usually managed
conservatively
#’s
• 4th Metacarpal Spiral #– Assess ROM and
digit Rotation– Tendency to rotate– Impacted #’s result
in extension lag = poor function.
Paronychia
• infection of the finger that involves the tissue at the edges of the fingernail
• superficial and localized to the soft tissue and skin
• most common bacterial infection seen in the hand ( staph; strep).
Paronychia treatment• wound care alone.
• collection of pus - drain. – a simple incision over the collection of pus to allow
drainage.– scalpel may be inserted along the edge of the nail to
allow drainage. – If the infection is large, a part of the nail may be
removed.
• oral antibiotic. • wound care at home.
Felon
• infection of the fingertip.
• This infection is located in the fingertip pad and soft tissue associated with it.
Felon treatment
• incision and drainage» incision will be
made on one or both sides of the fingertip.
» break up the compartments
» gauze will be placed into the wound to aid the initial drainage.
» flush out with a sterile solution
• antibiotics.
Infectious flexor tenosynovitis & Deep space infection
• infection involves the tendon sheaths and deep spaces
• penetrating trauma that introduces bacteria
• surgical emergency and will require rapid treatment with IV antibiotics.
Kanavel’s cardinal signs• intense pain– along the course of tendon with extension– this is the earliest and most important sign
• flexion posture
• uniform swelling
• percussion tenderness along the course of the tendon sheath