Treatment and Prognosis Management of Colle’s fracture depends on the degree of its severity. A simple cast or a protective splint may be sufficient to support the fracture if there is no ...

For patients with nonsurgically treated Colles’ fractures, ibuprofen reduced pain without causing changes in fragment migration or functional, densitometrical and biochemical outcomes ...

Diagnosis Colles’s fracture is usually diagnosed clinically and confirmed with X-rays. In certain complex fractures even a CT may need prior to the decision of operative management.

Assessment of Fracture The history of fall and the look of the forearm and the wrist tells the story to an experienced orthopedic surgeon. However, a full assessment is required before advising ...

Wrist fracture significantly raises risk of hip fracture Date: December 13, 2013 Source: International Osteoporosis Foundation Summary: A new study showed that patients with Colles' fracture are ...

The treatment of Colles fractures with multiple plates, while often producing superb x-rays, results in more complications and more cost. Those plates and screws are not cheap, and there is little or ...

Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine — The Treatment of Comminuted Colles' Fracture in Elderly Patients ...

A new study presented today at the IOF Regionals 4th Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis Meeting in Hong Kong showed that patients with Colles' fracture are at higher risk than patients with osteoporosis to ...

A Colles' fracture is almost only seen in women who are past the menopause and have some degree of brittle bones. A healthy and strong bone won't usually crack under strain.

Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine — The Treatment of Comminuted Colles' Fracture in Elderly Patients ...