{"id":99569,"date":"2021-04-19T06:01:08","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T06:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=99569"},"modified":"2023-10-18T05:18:40","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T05:18:40","slug":"smiths-fracture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/smiths-fracture\/","title":{"rendered":"Smith\u2019s fracture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A fracture of the radius just above the wrist.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A fracture of the lower end of the radius, with anterior displacement of the lower fragment.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A fracture located in the lower part of the radius (one of the two forearm bones) where the fragment below the break is pushed forward, causing a displacement. This results in a deformation of the wrist joint. Unlike a Colles&#8217; fracture (a specific type of wrist fracture), the hand and wrist are shifted from their usual position in a forward direction. This kind of fracture typically occurs due to a fall onto the back of the hand, resulting in the bending of the wrist joint forward and subsequent breakage.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"group final-completion w-full text-token-text-primary border-b border-black\/10 gizmo:border-0 dark:border-gray-900\/50 gizmo:dark:border-0 bg-gray-50 gizmo:bg-transparent dark:bg-[#444654] gizmo:dark:bg-transparent sm:AIPRM__conversation__response\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-33\">\n<div class=\"p-4 justify-center text-base md:gap-6 md:py-6 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-1 gap-4 text-base mx-auto md:gap-6 gizmo:gap-3 gizmo:md:px-5 gizmo:lg:px-1 gizmo:xl:px-5 md:max-w-2xl lg:max-w-[38rem] gizmo:md:max-w-3xl gizmo:lg:max-w-[40rem] gizmo:xl:max-w-[48rem] xl:max-w-3xl }\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-[calc(100%-50px)] flex-col gizmo:w-full lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)] agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3 max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex flex-col items-start gap-3 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words overflow-x-auto\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light AIPRM__conversation__response\">\n<p>A fracture similar to a Colles&#8217; fracture of the wrist, but with the displacement happening in the opposite direction. It&#8217;s also termed a reverse Colles&#8217; fracture.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fracture of the radius just above the wrist. A fracture of the lower end of the radius, with anterior displacement of the lower fragment. A fracture located in the lower part of the radius (one of the two forearm bones) where the fragment below the break is pushed forward, causing a displacement. This results [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-s"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Smith\u2019s fracture - Definition of Smith\u2019s fracture<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A fracture of the radius just above the wrist.A fracture of the lower end of the radius, with anterior displacement of the lower fragment.A fracture located in the lower part of the radius (one of the two forearm bones) where the fragment below the break is pushed forward, causing a displacement. This results in a deformation of the wrist joint. Unlike a Colles&#039; fracture (a specific type of wrist fracture), the hand and wrist are shifted from their usual position in a forward direction. This kind of fracture typically occurs due to a fall onto the back of the hand, resulting in the bending of the wrist joint forward and subsequent breakage.A fracture similar to a Colles&#039; fracture of the wrist, but with the displacement happening in the opposite direction. 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