a colles fracture is a fracture of the forearm part of the body.
a colles fracture is a fracture of the forearm part of the body.
a colles fracture is a fracture of what part of the body?
forearm
the term "colles fracture" is classically used to describe a fracture at the distal end of the radius, at its cortico-cancellous junction. however, the term now tends to be used loosely to describe any fracture of the distal radius, with or without involvement of the ulna, that has dorsal displacement of the fracture fragments. colles himself described it as a fracture that “takes place at about an inch and a half (38mm) above the carpal extremity of the radius” and “the carpus and the base of metacarpus appears to be thrown backward”. the fracture is sometimes referred to as a "dinner fork" or "bayonet" deformity due to the shape of the resultant forearm.
colles' fracture
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bullet::::- aviator's fracture









































bullet::::- bankart's fracture









































bullet::::- barton's fracture









































bullet::::- bennett's fracture









































bullet::::- boxer's fracture









































bullet::::- bumper fracture









































bullet::::- burst fracture









































bullet::::- bosworth fracture









































bullet::::- chance fracture









































bullet::::- chopart's fracture-dislocation









































bullet::::- clay-shoveller fracture









































bullet::::- colles' fracture









































bullet::::- cotton's fracture









































bullet::::- dupuytren's fracture









































bullet::::- duverney fracture









































bullet::::- essex-lopresti fracture









































bullet::::- galeazzi fracture









































bullet::::- gosselin fracture









































bullet::::- hangman's fracture









































bullet::::- holstein–lewis fracture









































bullet::::- holdsworth fracture









































bullet::::- hutchinson's fracture









































bullet::::- hoffa fracture









































bullet::::- hume fracture









































bullet::::- jefferson fracture









































bullet::::- jones fracture









































bullet::::- lisfranc fracture









































bullet::::- march fracture









































bullet::::- maisonneuve fracture









































bullet::::- malgaigne's fracture









































bullet::::- monteggia fracture
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