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.

Distal radius fractures are the most common arm fracture. They make up about 16% of all fractures orthopedic surgeons treat. They’re most common in children and adults over age 50.

Distal radius fracture is one of the most common fractures seen by orthopedic surgeons with an incidence of 195.2/100,000 persons per year.

Register results showed worse DASH scores at 1 year for patients with combined distal radius and distal ulnar fractures vs. those with any type of distal radius fracture, a presenter said at the ...

Distal radius fractures are among the most common bone injuries, comprising of one of every six fractures seen in emergency rooms. Treatment has long been conservative, especially for elderly ...

JW and BI, both 40-year-old female secretaries, presented with severe elbow and wrist pain following radial head excisions. They were originally treated nonoperatively for radial head fractures.

A patient with a fracture of the distal radius will present with pain, bruising, and swelling in the area of the distal radius. Lister’s tubercle may be especially tender on palpation.

Vitamin C-treated patients with a displaced fracture had a higher rate of complications and greater pain with use at 26 weeks (P =0.043 and 0.045, respectively).

For the metacarpal head scan, the reference line was the tip of the most distal second or third metacarpal head; the scan started 2 mm distal to this reference line and extended 18.04 mm (220 ...