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A classification for extraarticular distal radius fractures and indications for treatment. Expert

The indication to perform closed reduction could be a definitive treatment for an uncomplicated Colles wrist fracture. Closed reduction may be applied to more complicated fractures followed by a post-reduction re-assessment of the fracture configuration to decide if the fracture needs further treatment. Expert

This paper is based on a presentation given at the AAOS Summer Institute, San Diego, September, 1996, and at the International Distal Radius Fracture Conference, San Francisco, May 8-10, 1998. The last literature citations were added on 12/30/99, and there have not been any changes in the thresholds for reduction...

Conclusion: The results from our study indicate that reduced BMD is an important risk factor for low-energy distal radius fracture in men. This suggests that improvement of BMD by both pharmacological and non-pharmacological initiatives may be a strategy to reduce fracture risk in men.
Low bone mineral density is a significant...

Archive Copy: Advances in Distal Radius Fracture Management

Fractures of the proximal radius need to be classified in an appropriate and reproducible manner. The aim of this study was to assess the reliability of the three most widely used classification systems.
Conclusion Inter- and intra-observer agreement of the Mason and Morey classifications showed overall satisfactory reliability when compared to the...

The carpus, or wrist, is a complex joint that provides abduction and adduction in the frontal plane of the upper extremity, extension and flexion for hand movements, and supination and pronation in the coronal plane.
Synonyms and related keywords: wrist bone injuries, wrist injuries, wrist sprain, broken wrist, sprained wrist, wrist...

Many complications exist regarding distal radius fractures and the exact rates of these complications remain unknown. Yet, as techniques for distal radius fractures advance, some surgeons hold that they will see a drop in the incidence of these complications. “I think ultimately, many of the complications related to conservative nonsurgical management...

Subchondral hematomas have been found with arthroscopy in one third of patients with dislocated distal radial fractures. The aim of the present, prospective study was to determine whether these hematomas might cause radiographic osteoarthrosis. We studied 41 patients (age 20-57 years, 22 women) with a dislocated distal radial fracture. At...

radial styloid fracture due to direct blow
* (so named because of trauma from hand-cranked starters)

radial styloid fractures most commonly occur from tension forces sustained during ulnar deviation and supination of the wrist;
- strong radiocarpal ligament, particularly radioscaphocapitate ligament, avulse radial styloid from metaphysis of the radius;
- ligamentous attachments maintains alignment radial styloid to carpus, but...

Closed reduction & immobilization in plaster cast remains accepted method of treatment for majority of stable distal radius fractures;
- unstable fractures will often lose reduction in the cast and will slip back to the pre-reduction position;
- patients should be examined for carpal tunnel symptoms before and after reduction;
- carpal...

* radial fracture in distal 2 cm
* +/- ulnar styloid fracture
* dorsal displacement of distal fragment
* "silver-fork" deformity
* most common fracture in this region
* mechanism: fall...

fracture was described by Abraham Colles in 1814, originally described as low energy extra articular fracture of distal radius occuring in elderly individuals;
- fracture is typically dorsally displaced and angulated;
- mechanism:
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