Fracture Identification
Where to put the probe:
• Linear probe, MSK setting
• Start proximal to injury

• Place in transverse over bone in question
• Rotate to longitudinal
• Slide distal to injury
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• Linear probe, MSK setting
• Start proximal to injury


• Place in transverse over bone in question
• Rotate to longitudinal
• Slide distal to injury
Patients presenting with:
Normal Bone:


• Normal bone
• Hyperechoic surface
• Bone shadow far field
• (May see reverberation artifact)
• Cortex is smooth and contiguous
Fractures:
Irregular sharp edges
Surrounding edema/hematoma
Displacement or angulation
*Do not mistake carpel joints/bones for fractures in the wrist


• Normal bone
• Hyperechoic surface
• Bone shadow far field
• (May see reverberation artifact)
• Cortex is smooth and contiguous