Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine

Managing Colles' fractures in rural practice

Table 3. Limits of acceptable disruption in an active patient
< 5 mm radial shortening

< 10°­20° dorsal angulation from the normal 11° palmar (volar) tilt of the radial surface on the lateral view, ideally > 0° palmar tilt

< 10° loss of normal radial inclination or final inclination > 10°­15°

< 2 mm articular surface step deformity


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