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View Jan Frank Gerstenmaier's current disclosuresThis patient slipped on ice and fell onto a flexed wrist.
There are intra-articular fractures of the right distal radius and ulna with significant shortening and volar angulation of the distal fracture fragments.
Q: What is the eponymous name of this fracture? show answer
A: Smith fracture
Sometimes referred to as a reverse Barton fracture, this is an example of type II Smith fracture (intra-articular transverse fracture through the distal radius).
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