Colles' fracture

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Colles' fracture

[′kä·lə·səz ‚frak·chər]

(medicine)

A fracture of the radius about 1 inch (2.5 centimeters) above the wrist with dorsal displacement of the distal fragment.

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Colles' fracture is fracture of the distal radius with posterior displacement, radial deviation and shortening of radius.

CLOSED REDUCTION AND POP IMMOBILIZATION FOR COLLES' FRACTURE UNDER HAEMATOMA BLOCK AND SEDATION AS A DAY CARE

Watt CF, Taylor NF, Baskus K (2000) Do Colles' fracture patients benefit from routine referral to physiotherapy following cast removal?

An advice and exercise program has some benefits over natural recovery after distal radius fracture: a randomised trial

A Colles' fracture is almost only seen in women who are past the menopause and have some degree of brittle bones.

New technology to cut wrist fractures

Function ten years after Colles' fracture. Clin Orthop Relat Res.

Complications of distal radius fracture fixation

A 79-year-old woman with hypertension, osteoporosis, and diabetes presents with a Colles' fracture of her left distal forearm after a fall on the ice.

Do home visits affect living status in the aged? (Mindful Practice)

al, colles' fracture: A study of two thousand cases from the New York state workmen's compensation board.

A comparative study between "closed reduction, cast immobilisation" and "closed reduction, percutaneous K-wire fixation, cast immobilisation" in distal radius fractures

Fixation not needed for undisplaced Colles' fracture. Acta Orthop Scand 1989; 60:60-62.

Resting injured limbs delays recovery: a systematic review

(36.) van der Linden W, Ericson R: Colles' fracture: How should its displacement be measured and how should it be immobilized?

A meta-analysis of the literature on distal radius fractures: review of 615 articles

Two were asymptomatic and had fully resumed their previous activities (one had a mallot finger following an avulsed extensor tendon and the other lacked 20 degrees of flexion following an intra-articular Colles' fracture that required reduction).

Fracture care by family physicians: a review of 295 cases

Colles' Fracture Treated With Non-Bridging External Fixation: A 1-Year Follow-Up.

Treatment of intra-articular distal radius fractures by a combined dynamic and static jess mini external fixation technique

Percutaneous Kirschner wire stabilization following close reduction of Colles' fracture. J Hand Surg Br.

Distal end radius fracture treated by extra focal percutaneous pinning and closed reduction and plaster application

[10.] Bacorn RW, Kurtzke JF: Colles' Fracture: A study of two thousand cases from the New York states Compensation Board.

Anatomical and functional evaluation of distal end radius fractures managed by volar plating: a prospective study