A Review on Reading Wrist X-rays
Measurements and angles

Figure 1. Demonstrating the three arcs (Gilula, 1979)

Figure 2. Lesser and greater arc (Bradford Yeager MD, 1985)

Figure 3. Measuring ulnar variance (Parker, 2014)

Figure 4. Measuring radial inclination (Kani, 2016)
Carpal Bone Fractures
Scaphoid

Figure 5. Lateral wrist illustration labeled (Gilula, 1979)

Figure 6. Herbert classification of scaphoid fractures (Fowler, 2015)

Figure 7. Radiograph showing widened scapholunate space (Manuel, 2010)

Figure 8. Lateral wrist radiograph showing the dorsal and distal scaphoid pole
Triquetrum

Figure 9. Dorsal triquetrum avulsion and rounded lunate sitting on distal radius
Lunate
Radius and Ulna fractures

Figure 10. Teardrop angle measurement (Porrino, 2014)

Figure 11. Teadrop angle with distal radius fracture (courtesy of sciencedirect.com)

Figure 12. Illustration of dorsal barton fracture (Wolfe, 2017)

Figure 13. Radiograph of a chauffer fracture (Rao, 2015)

Figure 14. Illustration of a smith fracture (Wolfe, 2017)

Figure 15. Frykman classification of distal radius fractures (courtesy of orthobullets)

Figure 16. Widening of the distal radio-ulnar joint space (Porrino, 2014)