An Investigation of the End-Results of Colles's Fractures

THE following account is based on the examination of about 50 cases of Colles's fracture sustained at least two years previous to our examiniation, in an endeavour to ascertain the causes for the imperfect results that obtain from the ustial methods of treatment at present adopted. Our investigation was made on different lines from those of Edwards and Clayton, whose interesting analysis of 424 fractures of the lower end of the radius in adults appeers in the British MIedical Journal for January 12th (p. 61), but we feel that this account may be of value, particularly when compared with theirs.