Abstract

Classifications in Brief: Fernandez Classification of Distal Radius Fractures

Highlights

  • This classification has only moderate reliability that was not improved by the addition of CT scans

  • When this classification was tested in the clinical setting, it showed no reliability when predicting associated soft tissue or structure injury

  • The Fernandez classification was initially created to provide a reliable method for assessing distal radius fractures and their associated soft tissue injuries based on the mechanism of injury

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Summary

International Journal of Orthopaedics

2019 August 28; 6(4): 1129-1132 ISSN 2311-5106 (Print), ISSN 2313-1462 (Online). Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. Received: June 11, 2019 Revised: July 16, 2019 Accepted: July 18 2019 Published online: August 28, 2019

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