A broken wrist or distal radius fracture is an extremely common type of fracture. It accounts for 25% to 50% of all broken bones and is most commonly seen in older females and young males.

Colles’ fracture: Colles’ fracture is the most common type of distal radius fracture. It occurs around 1.5 inches from your wrist joint. Chauffeur’s fracture: Chauffeur’s fracture occurs ...

KOLOA, Hawaii — Surgeons should individualize treatment of distal radius fractures based on fracture pattern, patient factors and the surgeon’s skillset, according to a presenter here.In his ...

A Colles' fracture -- or distal radius fracture -- is often called a ''broken wrist.'' In France it’s sometimes called a “Pouteau-Colles” fracture. Technically, it's a break in the larger of ...

The most common wrist bone to fracture is the radius, which surgeons call a distal radius fracture. Although anyone can have a wrist fracture, 2022 data analysis found that older age is a major ...

Study population: adult (>18 years) (independent in activities of daily living) patients with a non/minimal displaced distal radius fracture (dorsal angulation <15°, volar tilt <20°, radial ...

The news had to feel like a case of déjà vu. Just four days after placing catcher Gabriel Moreno on the IL when it was ...

A myriad of diagnoses are associated with wrist injuries, including sprains, strains, and fractures (single or multiple) of the distal radius, ulna, or any of the carpal bones (with the most ...

Red Sox center fielder Adam Duvall was diagnosed with a distal radius fracture in his left wrist, manager Alex Cora said Monday. Duvall injured his left wrist on a diving play attempt in the ...