Distal radius fracture

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Synonyms and keywords: Wrist fracture; fractured wrist; colles' fracture; smith's fracture; barton's fracture; Chauffeur's fracture

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Medical Therapy | Surgery | Primary Prevention | Secondary Prevention | Cost-Effectiveness of Therapy | Future or Investigational Therapies

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External resources

• Orthopaedic Trauma Association Fracture Classification Radius and Ulna
• Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics Fractures of the Radius
• Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics Closed Reduction of Distal Radius Fractures - Good account and list of references.
• NLM MeSH entry on Colles' Fracture
• Distal radius fractures
• [2] Patient Education Page
• [3] Broken Wrist Page, written for the Patient Education website for the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons