It’s also known as a distal radius fracture, transverse wrist fracture, or a dinner-fork deformity of the wrist. It’s named after Abraham Colles, who wrote a paper on this type of fracture in ...

A broken wrist or distal radius fracture is an extremely common type of fracture. It accounts for 25% to 50% of all broken bones and is most commonly seen in older females and young males.

A radius fracture, sometimes called a radial fracture, is a break of this bone. A distal radius fracture is a break in the part of the bone closest to your wrist. Your doctor may refer to it as a ...

The MRI (Figure 3) showed a subacute transverse distal radius fracture without malalignment, a small joint effusion, and a widened scapholunate (S-L) space associated with a tear of the SL ligament.

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 ...

KOLOA, Hawaii — Surgeons should individualize treatment of distal radius fractures based on fracture pattern, patient factors and the surgeon’s skillset, according to a presenter here.

Background: Up to 30% of patients suffer from long-term functional restrictions following conservative treatment of distal radius fractures. Whether duration of cast immobilisation influences ...

The carpal tunnel is a passageway for the median nerve, tendons, and connective tissue on the palmar side of the wrist, residing just below the transverse ... a fracture of the distal radius ...

3 In Canada, 60% of emergency physicians currently treat buckle fractures of the distal radius with a removable splint.4 Splint use and return to play should be guided primarily by pain Immobilization ...

Information on play circumstances and subsequent clinical progress was documented. Results—Twenty nine fractures of the distal radius were identified in young goalkeepers (age range 6–15 years) as a ...

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.