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 ...

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 wrist fracture or broken wrist.

The changing demographics of our society have, in part, made distal radius fractures a public health issue. “They are considered under the fragility fractures with osteoporotic bone,” Jupiter ...

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 ...

Colles fracture or broken wrist is a wrist fracture, which occurs within an inch of the wrist joint. Colles fracture involves the forearm bone’s distal end of the radius.

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 ...

Children with distal radius fractures face some of the same complications as adults, including malunion, compartment syndrome and acute carpal tunnel syndrome, but these complications are much rarer.

Buckle fractures of the distal radius are common in children between 2 and 12 years of age. Buckle (torus) fractures occur when the bony cortex is compressed and bulges, without extension of the ...

Severely comminuted distal radial fracture as an unsolved problem: Complications associated with external fixation and pins and plaster techniques, The Journal of Hand Surgery, 11, 2, (157-165 ...

Launched in 2024 with mini and small fragment plates, J&J MedTech’s VOLT platform now features plates for wrist and proximal humerus fractures.