Orthopedics- Upper extremity # 4
Posted on: April 9, 2019, by : Jennifer Chapman
Jennifer I Chapman, Children’s National Medical Center
This 10yo child tripped while playing in the yard at school. He has pain over his distal forearm, with mild swelling over same. Xrays from your triage colleague are obtained:
The Orthopedic faculty will provide clinical pearls around forearm injuries next week.
Thank you!
This looks like an isolated, stable torus/buckle fracture of the dorsolateral cortex of the distal radius that should heal just fine with a removable (Velcro) wrist splint. I’d recommend 2-4 week f/u with repeat Xray to assure healing, but not sure that needs to be with Orthopedics if the PMD felt comfortable.