How are Colles fractures treated?

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How are Colles fractures treated?

After diagnosis, your healthcare provider should realign and immobilize your broken bones. They’ll move (reset) the broken bones back into their natural positions and use a cast, brace or splint to hold them in place. The plaster cast starts below your elbow and extends to the middle of your fingers. It’s important to keep your cast dry.

You might need surgery if your bones are too out of place. In this procedure, your orthopaedic surgeon moves the bones into the correct position and then uses one or more of the following to keep the bones in place:

  • Metal pins.
  • Plates.
  • Screws.
  • An external fixator (a stabilizing frame that’s outside of your body).

Your orthopaedic surgeon will then wrap your arm in a cast.

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