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 ...

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 ...

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.

A review for primary care clinicians offers an overview of how to evaluate and manage a forearm fracture in adults.

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

Study results showed a large variation in the treatment of ankle sprains and Salter-Harris 1 distal fibula fractures by pediatric orthopedic surgeons, with increased complications found with cast ...

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 ...

The case report of a weightlifter who sustained a Colles fracture is described. Wrist injuries sustained in weightlifitng are reviewed. They highlight the need for proper instruction and supervision ...

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