Symptoms include pain and swelling of a deformed joint. Abraham Colles (1814) first described the dinner fork deformity of the dorsally displaced fracture of the distal radius and this eponym is regularly used. Secondary osteoarthritis might develop in your wrist. Due to the dorsal displacement of the distal fragment, Colles type fractures are often said to have a dinner fork appearance. Reflex sympathetic dystrophy causes burning pain in your arms, legs, hands or feet. It’s sometimes referred to as a dinner fork deformity due to the shape of the. The term is often used to refer to any fracture of the distal radius that has dorsal displacement of the fracture fragments.
Deformity of the wrist, sometimes called a dinner fork deformity, which causes it to look crooked. It’s probably the most common, constituting at least 10 of all fractures. A Colles fracture - or distal radius fracture - is often called a broken wrist. Symptoms include pain, numbness and weakness in your wrist and hand. A Colles’ fracture, is a fracture of the distal radius. Colles' fractures account for 90% of all distal radius fractures, however, other distal radius fracture types may share similar clinical features therefore imaging is important to differentiate them. Carpal tunnel syndrome, which is a compression of the nerves in your wrist.