RT Book, Section
A1 Breed, Meghan
A1 Fitch, Robert Warne
A2 Knoop, Kevin J.
A2 Stack, Lawrence B.
A2 Storrow, Alan B.
A2 Thurman, R. Jason
SR Print(0)
ID 1181041916
T1 Fractures of the Distal Radius
T2 The Atlas of Emergency Medicine, 5e
YR 2021
FD 2021
PB McGraw-Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260134940
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1181041916
RD 2023/10/01
AB Falls  on  an  outstretched  arm  are  common,  and  the  radius  is  often  the  first  to  fracture.  If  there  is  a  supinating  component  to  the  fall,  the  distal  ulna  may  also  fracture.  In  the  elderly,  distal  radius  fractures  are  usually  extra-articular  metaphyseal  fractures,  whereas  in  younger  patients,  they  are  usually  intra-articular  with  displacement  of  the  joint  surface.  There  are  four  types  of  radial  fractures,  associated  with  commonly  known  eponyms:  Colles,  Smith,  Barton,  and  Hutchinson  (chauffeur).