Radius Fracture Typical

A radius fracture, or Collis fracture, is one of the most common types of wrist fractures. This is a complex fracture that occurs when there is a strong impact, a load on the wrist joint, when the bones of the wrist cannot withstand the load and break.

Collis first described this type of fracture in 1825. If you believe this description, then there is a fracture of the scaphoid, lunate and trapezoid bones, as well as a thickening (lip) of the second process of the ulna with an angle of inclination of the fragments to each other between 150-190 degrees. However, today the term “collis” has a slightly different interpretation, because The first clinical case of a carpal bone fracture other than the radius type was described. As a result, the definition of a Collis fracture has been revised.