title: [Distal radius fractures: Which classification is the right one?]
abstract: None of the classification systems for distal radius fractures is ideal. However a validated system to analyze these fractures is available that is based on the "metaphysis, epiphysis, ulna" (MEU) classification and the "patient, accident, fracture" (PAF) system. It makes it possible to understand the injury and select the best treatment.
authors.affiliation: Service d'orthopédie, de traumatologie, de chirurgie plastique, reconstructrice et assistance main, EA 4268 « I4S » IFR 133 Inserm, CHRU de Besançon, boulevard Fleming, 25000 Besançon, France. Electronic address: lobert@chu-besancon.fr.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Obert
authors.affiliation: Service d'orthopédie, de traumatologie, de chirurgie plastique, reconstructrice et assistance main, EA 4268 « I4S » IFR 133 Inserm, CHRU de Besançon, boulevard Fleming, 25000 Besançon, France.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lepage
authors.affiliation: Service d'orthopédie, de traumatologie, de chirurgie plastique, reconstructrice et assistance main, EA 4268 « I4S » IFR 133 Inserm, CHRU de Besançon, boulevard Fleming, 25000 Besançon, France.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Saadnia
authors.affiliation: Service d'orthopédie, de traumatologie, de chirurgie plastique, reconstructrice et assistance main, EA 4268 « I4S » IFR 133 Inserm, CHRU de Besançon, boulevard Fleming, 25000 Besançon, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mille
authors.affiliation: Service d'orthopédie, de traumatologie, de chirurgie plastique, reconstructrice et assistance main, EA 4268 « I4S » IFR 133 Inserm, CHRU de Besançon, boulevard Fleming, 25000 Besançon, France.
authors.forename: P-B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Rey
authors.affiliation: Service d'orthopédie, de traumatologie, de chirurgie plastique, reconstructrice et assistance main, EA 4268 « I4S » IFR 133 Inserm, CHRU de Besançon, boulevard Fleming, 25000 Besançon, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Loisel
mesh_terms: D002348:Carpal Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004838:Epiphyses / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000145:classification* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014457:Ulna / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
keywords: AO; Anatomie; Anatomy; Classification; Distal radius; Distal radius fracture; Fracture radius distal; MEU; PAF; Radius distal