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FRACTURE POUTEAU-COLLES [3 records]

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Record 1 2013-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Bones and Joints
DEF

The peculiar deformity seen in Colles' fractures, due to dorsal displacement of the distal radial fragment.

OBS

... so named because the relationship between the forearm and the wrist assumes the shape of a dinner fork.

OBS

silver-fork deformity: term recommended by the Medical Signs and Symptoms Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Os et articulations
DEF

Déformation du poignet observée lors des fractures de l'extrémité inférieure du radius, type Pouteau-Colles, et due au déplacement en arrière du fragment inférieur fracturé.

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec la «déformation en ventre de fourchette», qui constitue une entité clinique bien distincte.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Huesos y articulaciones
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Record 2 2011-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bones and Joints
DEF

A fracture in which the lower end of the radius is displaced backwards and upwards creating a silver-fork deformity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Os et articulations
DEF

Fracture de l’extrémité inférieure du radius avec déplacement dorsal et latéral externe du fragment distal, entraînant une déviation analogue de la main.

OBS

fracture de Colles : usage anglo-saxon.

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
  • Bones and Joints
DEF

Transverse fracture of the distal radial metaphysis with anterior displacement of the distal fracture fragment. The fracture may be intraarticular.

OBS

As originally described by Smith, this fracture involved a dorsal displacement of the distal ulna, which is not the case in its current use.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
  • Os et articulations
DEF

Fracture de l’extrémité distale du radius avec bascule antérieure du fragment distal (inverse de celui de la fracture de Pouteau).

Spanish

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