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Smith's Fracture Wheeless
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Description: - extra - articular palmarly displaced distal radius fracture;
- volar angulation of fracture is referred to as "Garden Spade" deformity (reversed Colles Fracture);
- hand & wrist are displaced forward or volarly w/ respect to forearm;
- fracture may be extra articular, intra articular, or be part of fracture dislocation of wrist
Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
Type: Reference Material
Author/Contact: C.R.Wheeless
Institution: Duke
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Added: Mon Feb 04 2002
Last Modified: Tue Jul 07 2009