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Distal Radius Fractures

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The incidence of distal radius fractures is approximately 0.7/1,000 people in males and 2.1/1,000 in females.

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    Hans-Jörg Oestern MD

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  2. University of Zurich Department of Trauma Surgery, Zürich, Switzerland

    Otmar Trentz

  3. Klinische Abt. Allgemeinchirurgie, Medizinische Universität Graz Universitätsklinik für Chirurgie, Graz, Austria

    Selman Uranues

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Oestern, HJ. (2014). Distal Radius Fractures. In: Oestern, HJ., Trentz, O., Uranues, S. (eds) Bone and Joint Injuries. European Manual of Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38388-5_13

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