Colles' Fracture - Diagnosis

Diagnosis

  • Dorsal tilt
  • Radial shortening
  • Loss of ulnar inclination
  • Radial angulation of the wrist
  • Dorsal displacement of the distal fragment
  • Comminution at the fracture site
  • Associated fracture of the ulnar styloid process in more than 60% of cases.

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