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Eponymous Fractures
 
 

Colle's Fracture

February 15th, 2021
 
 
 
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Overview

  • Look For

  • Extra-articular fracture of the distal radius with impaction and dorsal displacement.
  • Mechanism

  • Fall on outstretched hand (FOOSH).
Colle's and Smith fractures are similar to Barton's fracture, differentiated by that the former are extra-articular and the latter is intra-articular.
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