Colles' fracture
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Colles' fracture
C19: named after Abraham Colles (died 1843), Irish surgeon
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It is treated on the same lines as Colles' fracture.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
The various special splints recommended for the treatment of Colles' fracture, such as Carr's, Gordon's, the “pistol splint,” and many others, are all designed to correct the deformity as well as to control the fragments.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
No attempt should be made to elicit crepitus in a suspected case of Colles' fracture as the manipulations are painful, and are liable to increase the displacement.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
In a sprain the normal relations of the styloid processes and other bony points about the wrist are unaltered, and there is no radial deviation of the hand, as in Colles' fracture.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
The treatment is the same as for Colles' fracture.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
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