Scaphoid fracture explained

06:20 - 06:40 there is a mistake!
Explanation: the fact is that the distal part of the scaphoid has a better supply of blood thus has better healing potential and the proximal pole has a lesser blood supply thus heals poorly and if a fracture happens it has more chances ending up in a pseudoarthrosis ( nonunion).
This is because blood enters the distal pole and moves down to the proximal pole ( closer to the wrist). So waist and proximal pole fractures can be problematic to heal.

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  • @callienn
    @callienn4 ай бұрын

    This is amazing. I fractured my scaphoid and just had a CT. This really helped me understand so I feel ready to talk to my doctor at the follow up. Plus I'm an architect so the drawings were very helpful.

  • @picturemedicine

    @picturemedicine

    4 ай бұрын

    Thanks! 😁😁☺

  • @atharvakorde5468

    @atharvakorde5468

    2 ай бұрын

    Did you get a surgery

  • @callienn

    @callienn

    2 ай бұрын

    @@atharvakorde5468 Actually, no! The CT came back clear for scaphoid fracture, so my doctor changed my diagnosis to a sprain. More than 2 months later, I'm still struggling a bit with pain, though.

  • @atharvakorde5468

    @atharvakorde5468

    2 ай бұрын

    I got a hair line waist fracture 2weeks ago and I am in a cast right now

  • @atharvakorde5468

    @atharvakorde5468

    2 ай бұрын

    I hope it heals on its own because I don’t want a surgical scar on my hand , I am 24

  • @thereflectivestudio2761
    @thereflectivestudio2761 Жыл бұрын

    Why is this channel so underrated 😢????

  • @picturemedicine

    @picturemedicine

    Жыл бұрын

    I have big hopes hahahah :-) :-) ;-) There are many small but very cool channels out there. I like making the vids when i have time, makes reading and rereading more fun. Thanks 🙂

  • @JulianS-lz6bx
    @JulianS-lz6bx7 ай бұрын

    Excellent tutorial and drawings!

  • @picturemedicine

    @picturemedicine

    7 ай бұрын

    Thanks!🙂

  • @Gagandeep-io2po
    @Gagandeep-io2po7 ай бұрын

    Sir u r very good dr.

  • @picturemedicine

    @picturemedicine

    7 ай бұрын

    Tnks😁🙂!

  • @vivek.kumargupta2075
    @vivek.kumargupta2075 Жыл бұрын

    I had accident and after i go for surgery in scaphoid put 2 screw, ater your video i understood how and what happen to my wrist, thank you for making nice video with full of information. 🙏🙏

  • @anilcf

    @anilcf

    7 ай бұрын

    Surgery cost pls

  • @vivek.kumargupta2075

    @vivek.kumargupta2075

    7 ай бұрын

    @@anilcf it cost me 14000$ SGD

  • @Puya008
    @Puya008 Жыл бұрын

    Great video, you explained clearly from the beginning to the end, I only noticed sometimes at the beginning you refered to the Proximal pole as the Distal pole, but it was just for a brief period. I had a fell on my left hand recently, I am glad the ER doctor caught the fracture after he looked more closely to the xrays, now I am in a cast, hope I will soon and nonoperative. Thank you for the video!

  • @picturemedicine

    @picturemedicine

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes there is a mistake, the correction is in the description. Hope you lose the cast fast 🙂!

  • @Puya008

    @Puya008

    Жыл бұрын

    @@picturemedicine Thank you, can you please help me with a question if you are a orto doc? I have a cast as you know, but they but my thumb in a 90 degree angle, its very straight and I have numbness and burning in the thumb very often, I went to the ER and they said its normal and refused to talk to me more, can you please tell me what to do in this situation? Is it normal for my thumb to be perpendicular with my hand and have this intense burning sometimes? Or is it the cast wrong?

  • @Puya008

    @Puya008

    Жыл бұрын

    I dont think this pain in the thumb is normal, but they said this is how the thumb should be in the cast even if it has this burning/numbness pain

  • @picturemedicine

    @picturemedicine

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Puya008 I am not an orto doc, sorry 🙂. An advice, if the feeling you are having is constant or if there is discoloration of the thumb then the cast should be adjusted.

  • @Puya008

    @Puya008

    Жыл бұрын

    @@picturemedicine Thank you anyway, I finally managed to calm my intense pain with a improvised elastic band that pulls my thumb gently towards my body and releases much of the pressure from the cast to my thumb skin/nerves. I am so glad it worked, sad that the ER doctor said its normal and bear with it, because the pain was too intense and excruciating, and it wasn't normal.

  • @chudamani46
    @chudamani46 Жыл бұрын

    ❤ 0:08

  • @erhanaltunc1869
    @erhanaltunc18693 ай бұрын

    My proximal pole non union went untreated for 1.5 years so had a bone graft (distal radius vascularised bone graft) and screw fix. The fracture line was still visible at the 6 month post operation x-rays but I dont have pain so my doctor said that this is a good indicator of healing but he said it can take up to a year for it to fuse. Its almost been 7 months since surgery now and I still dont have pain but my wrist just doesnt bend back. Is it normal for it to take this long?

  • @picturemedicine

    @picturemedicine

    3 ай бұрын

    Yes, it is normal for the healing to take time.

  • @erhanaltunc1869

    @erhanaltunc1869

    3 ай бұрын

    @@picturemedicine thank you!

  • @tirupathidola-ul1js
    @tirupathidola-ul1js Жыл бұрын

    Respective sir thanks for the information I need to contact you sir cuse I face this problem now so please sir

  • @picturemedicine

    @picturemedicine

    Жыл бұрын

    My e-mail is in the description of the channel sir. 🙂

  • @leelee2350
    @leelee235010 ай бұрын

    What about if there is a scaphoid fracture and a radial styloid fracture at the same time? That's what I have, its supposedly rare?

  • @leelee2350

    @leelee2350

    10 ай бұрын

    You've done the most easily understood video of this that I've seen.

  • @picturemedicine

    @picturemedicine

    10 ай бұрын

    It depends how dislocated it is. If there is more then a few milimeters of dislocation of the styloid it can be fixated with a mini invasive operation. Also for the scaphoid if there is singnificant dislocation in can be fixated. That kind of injury requires a hand surgeon to give you all the answers regarding what an operation gives you and what conservative threatment can give. To cut the story short if there is dislocation more than 2 mm operation should be considerd.

  • @leelee2350

    @leelee2350

    10 ай бұрын

    @@picturemedicine Thanks so much for the reply, yes I'm thinking they will probably do surgery, Im wating to hear from them. I read online that fracturing both at the same time is very rare. Not sure why given those bones are fairly close to each other.

  • @picturemedicine

    @picturemedicine

    10 ай бұрын

    Mostly one fractures, yes, but if the force is to great, of course, many bones can fracture at the same time. The machanism of trauma is very important. It happens more often than you think.

  • @leelee2350

    @leelee2350

    10 ай бұрын

    @@picturemedicine Yes, I read that it normally happens with a fall from a ladder or roof, or car accident. I fell while running.

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    @nicoleharman6317 Жыл бұрын

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    @nicoleharman6317 Жыл бұрын

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    @nicoleharman6317 Жыл бұрын

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    @picturemedicine

    Жыл бұрын

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    @toraboy2474

    Жыл бұрын

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