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BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.) Jul 1990
Review
Topics: Adult; Aged; Anesthesia; Colles' Fracture; Female; Humans; Male; Manipulation, Orthopedic; Middle Aged; Radiography; Radius Fractures; Splints
PubMed: 2203485
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.301.6745.192-a -
International Journal of Environmental... Feb 2023The present study aimed to evaluate the yearly number of Colles' fractures in Italy from 2001 to 2016, based on official information found in hospitalization records. A... (Review)
Review
The present study aimed to evaluate the yearly number of Colles' fractures in Italy from 2001 to 2016, based on official information found in hospitalization records. A secondary aim was to estimate the average length of hospitalization for patients with a Colles' fracture. A tertiary aim was to investigate the distribution of the procedures generally performed for Colles' fractures' treatment in Italy. An analysis of the National Hospital Discharge records (SDO) maintained at the Italian Ministry of Health, concerning the 15 years of our study (from 2001 to 2016) was performed. Data are anonymous and include the patient's age, sex, domicile, length of hospital stays (days), primary diagnoses and primary procedures. From 2001 to 2016, 120,932 procedures for Colles' fracture were performed in Italy, which represented an incidence of 14.8 procedures for every 100,000 adult Italian inhabitants. The main number of surgeries was found in the 65-69- and 70-74-year age groups. In the present study, we review the epidemiology of Colles' fractures in the Italian population, the burden of the disease on the national health care system (in terms of length of hospitalization) and the distribution of the main surgical procedures performed for the treatment of the disease.
Topics: Adult; Humans; Colles' Fracture; Epidemiologic Studies; Incidence; Hospitalization; Italy
PubMed: 36900966
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20053956 -
Orthopedic Nursing 2008Many people "slip and fall", especially in the icy areas of the winter season. To prevent an injury to the head, most people put their hand out to hit the ground first,...
Many people "slip and fall", especially in the icy areas of the winter season. To prevent an injury to the head, most people put their hand out to hit the ground first, so the wrist usually gets injured. The most frequent injury from this type of "intervention" is a fracture to the distal radius and/or ulna, which is frequently called a "Colles' fracture."
Topics: Accidental Falls; Biomechanical Phenomena; Casts, Surgical; Colles' Fracture; Fracture Fixation; Humans; Incidence; Nursing Assessment; Orthopedic Nursing; Patient Education as Topic; Risk Factors; Trauma Severity Indices; Wrist Injuries
PubMed: 18385600
DOI: 10.1097/01.NOR.0000315631.30676.2b -
Ugeskrift For Laeger Oct 2001
Topics: Colles' Fracture; Humans; Osteoporosis
PubMed: 11685850
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BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.) Sep 1990
Topics: Anesthesia, Local; Colles' Fracture; Fracture Fixation; Humans
PubMed: 2207410
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Alabama Medicine : Journal of the... Sep 1983
Topics: Aged; Casts, Surgical; Child; Colles' Fracture; Fracture Fixation; Humans; Radius Fractures; Traction
PubMed: 6637714
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The Journal of the American Osteopathic... Apr 1959
Topics: Colles' Fracture; Radius; Radius Fractures
PubMed: 13641028
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Journal of Perioperative Practice Aug 2012Every reader of this journal will be all too familiar with Colles' fracture; either seeing patients with it in A & E, helping with its reduction and splinting or being...
Every reader of this journal will be all too familiar with Colles' fracture; either seeing patients with it in A & E, helping with its reduction and splinting or being part of the anaesthetics team involved in its management. On an icy winter's day there might be half a dozen patients with this injury in your accident unit, mostly elderly ladies. Yet it was not until 1814 that Abraham Colles accurately described this injury and its treatment in his paper 'On the fracture of the carpal extremity of the radius', published in the Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal of that year.
Topics: Colles' Fracture; History, 18th Century; History, 19th Century; Humans
PubMed: 23248930
DOI: 10.1177/175045891202200805 -
Ugeskrift For Laeger Oct 2001We describe the connection between osteoporosis and Colles' fractures of the distal radius from an epidemiological and aetiological point of view. In addition, the value... (Review)
Review
We describe the connection between osteoporosis and Colles' fractures of the distal radius from an epidemiological and aetiological point of view. In addition, the value of these fractures as markers of osteoporosis and future risk of fracture is assessed. Several studies have clearly shown an epidemiological association between osteoporosis and fractures of the distal radius, with the association strongest for women up to 65 years of age and for osteoporosis located in the forearm. The association weakens for other locations and for older women. Osteoporosis may have some aetiologic significance for the development of Colles' fractures, but several extraskeletal factors are of equal or further importance. The occurrence of a Colles' fracture in the first 10-15 years after the postmenopause indicates an increased relative risk of sustaining another fracture in the future. However the relative risk approaches one after a few years and, because of the comparatively low absolute risk in this age-group, Colles' fracture as a risk factor contributes little to an assessment of the lifetime fracture risk. In a few longitudinal studies, Colles' fractures could not predict the long-term risk of osteoporosis. The presence of a Colles' fracture should lead to considerations concerning the skeletal and extraskeletal causes of the fracture for the purpose of initiating preventive and therapeutic measures.
Topics: Adult; Aged; Bone Density; Colles' Fracture; Female; Fractures, Spontaneous; Global Health; Humans; Incidence; Male; Osteoporosis; Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal; Risk Factors
PubMed: 11601115
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Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica.... 1987
Comparative Study Review
Topics: Casts, Surgical; Colles' Fracture; Fracture Fixation; Hand; Humans; Movement; Prognosis; Radius Fractures; Wrist Joint
PubMed: 3300142
DOI: 10.3109/17453678709154162