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A Colles fracture, also known as a distal radial fracture, occurs at the end of a forearm bone known as the radius. The ...

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 ...