Surgical indications. Typical surgical indications for an isolated distal radius fracture include but are not limited to articular incongruity of more than 2 mm, loss of volar tilt more than 20 ...

Distal radius fractures are the most common arm fracture. They make up about 16% of all fractures orthopedic surgeons treat. They’re most common in children and adults over age 50.

KOLOA, Hawaii — Surgeons should individualize treatment of distal radius fractures based on fracture pattern, patient factors and the surgeon’s skillset, according to a presenter here.In his ...

For persons aged 60 years or older with displaced distal radius fracture, surgical treatment seems not to be better than nonsurgical treatment for patient-reported wrist function, according to a ...

For the study, published in the Journal of Hand Surgery, the investigators analyzed data on patients surgically treated for a distal radius fracture between 2006 and 2017 at two trauma centers.The ...

The most common wrist bone to fracture is the radius, which surgeons call a distal radius fracture. Although anyone can have a wrist fracture, 2022 data analysis found that older age is a major ...

A Colles' fracture -- or distal radius fracture ... But sometimes, people with a broken wrist need surgery. Your doctor might suggest this if the bone is not likely to heal well in a cast.

Johnson & Johnson (J&J) MedTech has launched two new plating systems for distal radius (wrist) and proximal humerus fractures for its Variable Angle Optimised Locking Technology (VOLT) plating ...

A Galeazzi fracture is a fracture of the middle to distal third of the radius. It also involves the dislocation of the distal radioulnar joint (DRUJ), which is located in between the radius and ...