The part of the radius near the wrist is called the distal end. A distal radius fracture is therefore the medical term for a broken radius bone near the wrist. In most cases, a "broken wrist ...

A distal radius fracture is a break in the part of the bone closest to your wrist. Your doctor may refer to it as a wrist fracture or broken wrist. Distal radius fractures are the most common arm ...

This preoperative radiograph shows a displaced intra-articular distal radius fracture in a young trauma patient. In elderly patients with low-energy injuries, patient dependence and fracture ...

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 ...

It’s named after Abraham Colles, who wrote a paper on this type of fracture in 1814. Your radius is the larger of the two main bones in your forearm. The distal part of the radius is the end ...

BOSTON — Aspiration — just ulnar to Lister’s tubercle — may help protect the extensor pollicis longus from rupturing after distal radius fracture, according to a study presented here.

Good -occasional pain, slight limitation of motion, and no disability 2p Fair -occasional pain, some limitation of motion, feeling of weakness in wrist, no particular disability if careful, and ...

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.