The three prominent types of distal radius fractures are: Colles’ Fracture. This type of fracture moves the radius bone slightly upward and causes obvious deformity. It is most often caused by ...

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.

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

A broken wrist is what we often call a Colles fracture. Despite this, it is the radius bone in the forearm that breaks and not the carpal bones of the wrist. The radius is the larger of the two ...

Researchers have also gained a better understanding of the variety of distal radius fractures. “We no longer can accept the term ‘Colles fractures,’ and all of these injuries are quite ...

“Colles’ wrist fracture occurs when the distal end of the radius bone in your forearm breaks. Radius is the larger of the two bones of the forearm in which the distal part primarily supports ...

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 ...

A Colles’ wrist fracture occurs when the radius bone in your forearm breaks. It’s also known as a distal radius fracture, transverse wrist fracture, or a dinner-fork deformity of the wrist.