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Colle’s Fracture
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Colle’s Fracture / Broken Wrist | |
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Colle’s fracture mostly occurs as a result of vehicle accidents or when people fall backward onto a hardened surface with outstretched hands. This fracture occurs at an inch or two proximal to the radio-carpal joint and results in the typical ‘dinner fork’ resembling deformity. Symptoms Symptoms of a Colle’s fracture include: • Pain – more if wrist is flexed • Tenderness when the bone is palpated • Swelling/bruising over the wrist joint area • Deformity of the wrist – which looks crooked like a dinner fork. • Numbness in the hand • Pale fingers |
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Posted on: 09/10/2011 Need to explain therapeutic treatment.
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