Upper Limb Trauma
A 58-year-old woman presents after falling on her outstretched hand. She has a "dinner fork" deformity of her wrist with swelling and tenderness. Radiographs show an extra-articular distal radius fracture with dorsal angulation and comminution, radial shortening of 5mm, and dorsal tilt of 25 degrees. Regarding distal radius fractures:
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A Colles fracture is an extra-articular distal radius fracture with dorsal angulation, radial shorte...
Volar locking plates have become the standard treatment for unstable distal radius fractures; they a...
All distal radius fractures in elderly patients should be treated operatively; the distal radioulnar...
Operative treatment is generally indicated for radial shortening greater than 3-5mm, dorsal tilt gre...
Associated injuries to assess include scapholunate ligament disruption, TFCC tears, DRUJ instability...
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