Radial styloid fracture
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Background
- Often accompanied by lunate dislocation
- Often assoc with carpal instability (carpal ligaments insert on the radial styloid)
Diagnosis
Differential Diagnosis
Distal radius fractures
- Colles' fracture
- Smith's fracture
- Barton's fracture
- Radial styloid fracture
- Distal radioulnar joint disruption
Distal radius fracture eponyms
Eponyms | Description |
Barton's | Fracture-dislocation of radiocarpal joint (with intra-articular fracture involving the volar or dorsal lip) |
Chauffer's | Fracture of radial styloid |
Colles' | Dorsally displaced, extra-articular fracture |
Die-punch | Depressed fracture of the lunate fossa (articular surface) |
Smith's | Volar displaced, extra-articular fracture |
Management
- Short arm splint; position wrist in mild flexion and ulnar deviation