hi my name is Dr Virginia Robinson and I'm a full service family doctor in Fernie BC and today we're going to be doing an ultrasound of the radial bone using the linear probe we can evaluate the radius for any type of fractures this can be super helpful in the emergency room when you don't have availability of X-ray or in the clinic especially with children who it's difficult to differentiate whether they have a sprain or a fracture so with my linear probe I can identify the distal radius as that bright white line and I follow that bright white line all the way until I reach the radial carpal joint most fractures occur in the distal radius right here but I will continue my scan and my investigation until I see that joint if you happen to see a fracture you will clearly identify it as a break in that bright white line there will be surrounding swelling which will be seen as a hypoechoic area this concludes the ultrasound examination of the distal radius
