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Colles fracture
- radial fracture in distal 2 cm
- +/- ulnar styloid fracture
- dorsal displacement of distal fragment
- "silver-fork" deformity
- most common fracture in this region
- mechanism: fall on an outstretched hand
- complication: post-traumatic arthritis
see: wrist fractures
Yong H. Hahn, MD - 2 February 1995
Last updated: 1 October 2013
Copyright © 2013, Charles E. Kahn, Jr.
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