Colles fracture: does the anatomical result affect the final function?
- 1 August 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume
- Vol. 70-B (4) , 649-651
- https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620x.70b4.3403617
Abstract
Thirty patients who had sustained a Colles' fracture at least four years previously were examined functionally and radiographically. Seventeen had a good radiological result and 13 were considered to have malunion. Functionally the displaced group performed significantly worse than the undisplaced group. We conclude that malunion of a Colles' fracture results in a weak, deformed, stiff and probably painful wrist.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: