Colles' FractureStatPearls. StatPearls Publishing: Treasure Island (FL).BOOK
Abstract
Named after Abraham Colles, who first described a distal radius fracture in 1814 at the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin, the Colles fracture is one of the most common fractures encountered in orthopedic practice. The Colles fracture is defined as a distal radius fracture with dorsal comminution, dorsal angulation, dorsal displacement, radial shortening, and an associated fracture of the ulnar styloid.[1] The term Colles fracture is often used eponymously for distal fractures with dorsal angulation.[2] These distal radius fractures are often caused by falling on an outstretched hand with the wrist in dorsiflexion, causing tension on the volar aspect of the wrist, causing the fracture to extend dorsally.
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StatPearls Publishing
Treasure Island (FL)
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eng
PubMed ID
31971712
Citation
Summers K, Fowles SM: Colles' Fracture. StatPearls. StatPearls Publishing, 2021, Treasure Island (FL).
Summers K, Fowles SM. Colles' Fracture. StatPearls. StatPearls Publishing; 2021.
Summers K & Fowles SM. (2021). Colles' Fracture. In StatPearls. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing
Summers K, Fowles SM. Colles' Fracture. StatPearls. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2021.
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Colles' Fracture
BT - StatPearls
A1 - Summers,Kevin,
AU - Fowles,Sarah M.,
Y1 - 2021/01//
PY - 2020/1/24/pubmed
PY - 2020/1/24/medline
PY - 2020/1/24/entrez
N2 - Named after Abraham Colles, who first described a distal radius fracture in 1814 at the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin, the Colles fracture is one of the most common fractures encountered in orthopedic practice. The Colles fracture is defined as a distal radius fracture with dorsal comminution, dorsal angulation, dorsal displacement, radial shortening, and an associated fracture of the ulnar styloid.[1] The term Colles fracture is often used eponymously for distal fractures with dorsal angulation.[2] These distal radius fractures are often caused by falling on an outstretched hand with the wrist in dorsiflexion, causing tension on the volar aspect of the wrist, causing the fracture to extend dorsally.
PB - StatPearls Publishing
CY - Treasure Island (FL)
UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/31971712/StatPearls:_Colles'_Fracture
L2 - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK553071
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DP - Unbound Medicine
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