A distal fracture is one that occurs at the end farthest from the body—in this case, where the radius meets the wrist. A ...

No fracture is identified ... for determining the quality of the lateral wrist radiograph. The lateral view should span from the distal radius to the base of the metacarpal bones.

Distal radius fractures is the most common fracture in childhood. [1] Most of these fractures are treated conservatively in a plaster and complications are rare. Although these fractures generally ...

1 Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, University Hospital, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK 2 Department of Orthopaedics, University Hospital Aintree, Liverpool L9 7AL, UK ...