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.

Since it is close to the wrist joint, this type of fracture is often called as wrist fracture. Distal radius fracture is one of the most common fractures seen by orthopedic surgeons with an ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

What is a Colles’ Fracture? A Colles' fracture -- or distal radius fracture -- is often called a ''broken wrist.'' In France it’s sometimes called a “Pouteau-Colles” fracture. Technically ...

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 ...

Currently in the NHS, most manipulations for distal radius fractures are performed in the emergency department without real-time image guidance. It is believed that image guidance may be important, ...