Long-term prognosis of displaced Colles' fracture: a 10-year prospective review.

Field, J; Warwick, D; Bannister, G C; Gibson, A G · Injury · 1992

prospective_cohort · Level II

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Abstract

In all, 85 per cent of Colles' fractures are clinically satisfactory after 10 years. Clinical results improve little after 3 months. Displaced intraarticular fracture, wrist deformity and algodystrophy are associated with an unsatisfactory outcome.

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