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RESUMEN ABSTRACT
Desde que Abraham Colles describió la primera fractura Since Abraham Colles first described distal radius fracture,
del radio distal son muchas las clasificaciones utilizadas many classifications have been used to define fracture tre-
para establecer unas pautas de tratamiento y establecer atment and prognosis. Most such classifications are based
el pronóstico de la fractura. La mayoría de las clasifica- on the degree of comminution, joint involvement, degree
ciones se basan en el grado de conminución, afectación of displacement, or mechanism of fracture.
articular, grado de desplazamiento o en el mecanismo de We present a new classification, adapted to the occupatio-
producción. nal setting, that assesses the type of fracture, its objective
Presentamos una nueva clasificación, adaptada al medio severity and fragment displacement in a simple and effec-
laboral, que valora el tipo de fractura, la gravedad objetiva tive manner, in correlation to the fracture stability criteria,
y el desplazamiento de los fragmentos de una forma sen- and defining the approach to treatment.
cilla y eficaz, que se correlaciona con los criterios estabili-
dad de la misma y define la pauta a seguir en el trata-
miento de la lesión en estudio.
Palabras clave: Key words:
Radio distal, fractura, clasificación, medio laboral. Distal radius, fracture, classification, occupational setting.
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