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 ...

In the United States, a Colles fracture is the term used for all distal radius fractures. Smith fractures, Chauffer’s fractures, and Barton’s fractures are types of distal radial fractures also.

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.

Colle's fracture is a wrist fracture which occurs within an inch of the wrist joint involving the forearm bone's distal end of the radius ... is named after Abraham Colles, an Irish surgeon ...

Also, in Smith’s fracture, the fractured distal fragment ... are not as common as Colles' fractures. They account for less than 3% of all fractures involving the radius and the ulna.

“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 ...

Smith & Nephew plans to launch its D-RAD SMART PACK System for treating distal radius fractures at the American Society for Surgery of the Hand annual meeting in Boston. The new system includes ...

the radius bone takes the force of impact resulting in a distal radius fracture (Colles’ or Smith fracture). A FOOSH injury commonly affects the scaphoid because it’s the main connection ...

No clinically important fractures were missed, and there were no between-group differences in the occurrence of adverse events. In children and adolescents with a distal forearm injury ...

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.