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Types of forearm fractures include:
  • Fractures of the radius and ulna Images
  • Colle's fracture: Images
    • The wrist is bent upward
  • Smith's fracture: Images
    • The wrist is bent downward
  • Galeazzi's fracture: Images
    • Fracture of the radius with dislocation of the ulna and radius at the wrist
  • Monteggia's fracture:
    • Fracture of the ulna with dislocation of the radius. Images
  • Nightstick fracture:
    • Fracture of the ulna Images
  • Greenstick fracture:
    • A bending fracture of the bones that can occur in children Images
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Last Updated: Aug 29, 2008  References
Authors: Stephen J. Schueler, MD; John H. Beckett, MD; D. Scott Gettings, MD
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