Smith's fracture

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Background

  • Volar angulated fracture ("reverse Colles fracture" or "garden-spade deformity")

Clinical Features

  • Mechanism: fall onto the dorsum of the hand with wrist in flexion, or direct blow to dorsum of hand/wrist[1]
  • Wrist pain

Differential Diagnosis

Distal radius fractures

Evaluation

  • X-ray forearm/wrist

Management

Disposition

  • Outpatient

See Also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 German C. Hand and wrist emergencies. In: Bond M, ed. Orthopedic Emergencies: Expert Management for the Emergency Physician. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; October 31, 2013.