Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1945;27:361-367.
© 1945 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
THE TREATMENT OF MALUNITED COLLES'S FRACTURES
J. S. SPEED M.D.1 and
ROBERT A. KNIGHT M.D.1
1 Willis C. Campbell Clinic, Memphis
If malunion of a Colles's fracture is present to any material degree, surgical reconstruction offers an excellent chance of improving the appearance and function of the wrist. No single type of treatment is applicable in all cases, but the procedure must be chosen for each case, depending upon the exact lesion-present.