Moore fracture
Moore fracture (1870) of the distal end of the radius; luxation distal ulna; fracture ulna styloid. Edward Mott Moore (1814–1902) American Surgeon.
Tag Wrist fracture
Edward Moore
Edward Mott Moore (1814-1902) was an American Surgeon. Best known for his eponymous description of the Moore fracture in 1870
Barton fracture
Barton fracture: Intra-articular distal radius fracture with radiocarpal joint subluxation. John Rhea Barton described Barton fracture in 1838.
Abraham Colles
Abraham Colles (1773 - 1843) was an Irish surgeon and anatomist. Eponym: Colles Fracture (1814) distal radius/ulna fracture
John Barton
John Rhea Barton (1794-1871) was an American Orthopaedic Surgeon. Eponym: Barton fracture (1838). Intra-articular distal radius fracture.
Smith fracture
Smith fracture: Extra-articular fracture of the distal radius with associated palmar angulation of the distal fracture fragment. (1847)
Jean-Gaspard Blaise Goyrand
Jean-Gaspard Blaise Goyrand (1803 – 1866) was a French surgeon. Eponym: Goyrand Fracture (France - 1832) Smith fracture, wrist fracture
Colles fracture
Colles fracture: Extra-articular fracture of the distal radius with dorsal angulation of the distal fragment. Abraham Colles (1814)
Claude Pouteau
Claude Pouteau (1724–1775) was a French surgeon. First to describe distal radius fracture with 'dorsal tipping of the distal fragment' (Pouteau-Colles)
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
Robert William Smith
Robert William Smith (1807 - 1873) was an Irish Surgeon. Eponymously affiliated with the Smith Fracture. Performed autopsy on Colles
Stairs versus Wrist
A 50 year-old woman took a tumble down some steps and injured her left wrist. Can you correctly diagnose and manage her injury?