Editing Colles' fracture (section)

== History ==

The Colles fracture is named after [[Abraham Colles]] (1773–1843), an [[Ireland|Irish]] [[surgery|surgeon]], from [[Kilkenny]] who first described it in 1814 by simply looking at the classic deformity before the advent of [[X-rays]].<ref>{{WhoNamedIt|synd|2152}}</ref> [[Ernest Amory Codman]] was the first to study it using X-rays. His article, published in the ''Boston Medical and Surgical Journal'', now known as ''[[The New England Journal of Medicine]]'', also developed the classification system.<ref>
{{Cite book
| publisher = Saunders
| isbn = 978-0-7216-8461-1
| last = Mallon
| first = Bill
| title = Ernest Amory Codman : the end result of a life in medicine
| location = Philadelphia
| year = 2000
}}
</ref><ref>
{{Cite journal
| doi = 10.1056/NEJM190009271431301
| issn = 0096-6762
| volume = 143
| issue = 13
| pages = 305–308
| last = CODMAN
| first = E. A.
| title = A Study of the X-Ray Plates of One Hundred and Forty Cases of Fracture of the Lower End of the Radius
| journal = The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
| year = 1900
| s2cid = 57812302
}}
</ref>

It is sometimes said that [[Claude Pouteau]] was the first to describe the Colles' fracture (which is sometimes called the Pouteau-Colles fracture), but, according to P. Liverneaux, it is not the case.<ref>P. Liverneaux, "Qu'a vraiment décrit Pouteau dans les fractures du poignet?" ("What wrist fracture did Pouteau actually describe?"), ''Chirurgie de la main'', 2004, 23, 6, p. 298-304, [https://www.infona.pl/resource/bwmeta1.element.elsevier-8c2aa46a-c9bd-35c6-ad82-efd8ef97c632 abstract online in French], [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15651245/ abstract online in English].</ref>