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 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 ...

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 ...

A Colles fracture usually occurs when you fall onto your outstretched hand. Upon landing on your hand, the end of the radius bone breaks off and gets pushed toward your inner wrist.

Colle’s fracture mostly occurs as a result of vehicle accidents or when people fall backward onto a hardened surface with outstretched hands. This fracture occurs at an inch or two proximal to ...

This type of a fracture is called a Colles’ fracture, named after Abraham Colles, who wrote papers on it in 1814, interestingly even before X-rays were discovered. “Colles’ wrist fracture ...

It’s the bone that attaches closest to your thumb. 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 ...

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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.

Sometimes the nerves could be involved in the fracture and the sensation diminished. In such a situation an open surgery maybe necessary to release the nerve. Next, the pulse at the wrist is checked.

She reports a history of a Colles' fracture at the age of 60 years. Her mother sustained a hip fracture at 70 years of age. Lumbar-spine films reveal a new vertebral fracture. Dual-energy x-ray ...