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Colles fracture

Colles fracture: Extra-articular fracture of the distal radius with dorsal angulation of the distal fragment. Abraham Colles (1814)

Ronan McKenna and Mike Cadogan
December 1, 2019

Jean-Louis Petit

Jean-Louis Petit (1674-1750) French surgeon. Inventor of the Petit-type tourniquet. First postulated that 'carpal dislocations' were distal radius fractures

Mike Cadogan and Aparicio Gomez
October 1, 2018