- Colles fracture
- fracture of the lower end of the radius in which the lower fragment is displaced posteriorly (see Plate 16). A reverse Colles or Smith fracture is one in which the lower fragment is displaced anteriorly.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Colles fracture
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