Colles’ Fracture represents about 90% of all distal radius fractures. Smith's Fracture. This is almost always caused by a strike or collision to the back of the wrist, as expected when falling ...

Distal radius fractures are the most common arm fracture. They make up about 16% of all fractures orthopedic surgeons treat. They’re most common in children and adults over age 50.

Since it is close to the wrist joint, this type of fracture is often called as wrist fracture. Distal radius fracture is one of the most common fractures seen by orthopedic surgeons with an ...

Fractures of the distal radius are among the most common of musculoskeletal injuries; they occur at a rate of approximately 2 such injuries per 1000 individuals per year. As with most fractures ...

All presented in Symposium III, Controversies in the management of distal radius fractures. #F-5 at the Orthopaedic Trauma Association 22nd Annual Meeting. Oct. 4-7, 2006.

Distal radius fractures is the most common fracture in childhood. [1] Most of these fractures are treated conservatively in a plaster and complications are rare. Although these fractures generally ...

What is a Colles’ Fracture? A Colles' fracture -- or distal radius fracture -- is often called a ''broken wrist.'' In France it’s sometimes called a “Pouteau-Colles” fracture. Technically ...

It’s also known as a distal radius fracture, transverse wrist fracture, or a dinner-fork deformity of the wrist. It’s named after Abraham Colles, who wrote a paper on this type of fracture in ...

ABSTRACT Melone described a fracture pattern of articular involvement in distal radius fractures depicted as an orthogonal fracture line through the mid-sagittal and mid-coronal planes. This study ...