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==Management== | ==Management== | ||
*Similar to [[Colles' fracture]] | *Similar to [[Colles' fracture]] | ||
*[[sugar tong splint]] | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== |
Revision as of 10:31, 6 November 2015
Background
- Volar angulated fx ("reverse Colles fracture" or "garden-spade deformity")
- Occurs due to fall or direct blow to dorsum of hand/wrist
Imaging
- Similar but opposite to Colles' fracture
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
- Similar to Colles' fracture
- sugar tong splint
See Also
Source
- Tintinalli