Study of triangular fibrocartilage of the wrist joint in Colles' fracture.
Poor results in Colles' fracture may be due to tears of the triangular fibrocartilage at the wrist joint. A series of patients have been studied by arthrography of the wrist; some were operated on and the findings confirmed. A series of 60 patients was studied.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000473:pathology*; D003100:Colles' Fracture / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D011884:Radius / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000473:pathology*; D014457:Ulna / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*