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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


 

Related CHORUS documents:
wrist fractures
Barton fracture
chauffeur's fracture
scaphoid (navicular) fracture
avascular necrosis (AVN)
Bankart deformity

 

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