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Orthopaedics Injuries Around the Fore Arm & Wrist 3599315b

Malunited Colle's fracture can lead to?

A
Garden spade deformity
B
Gun shot deformity
C
Swan neck deformity
D
Dinner fork deformity
High-Yield Explanation
Ans. d (Dinner fork deformity). (Essential Orthopedics by Maheshwari, 2nd ed., 92)COLLE'S FRACTURE# A Colle's fracture always unites, but malunion occurs in a large proportion of cases.# The cause of malunion is redisplacement of the fracture within the plaster, so that a dinner fork deformity results.# There may be a limitation of wrist movement & forearm rotation.# The Commonest complication of Colies fracture: Stiffness of fingers# Other complications of Colle's fracture are Sudeck's osteodystrophy, tendon injury, vascular injury, etcEducational point:# 'Gun-Stock' deformity is seen in supracondylar fracture of humerus.

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