Which statement about Colles' fracture is NOT true?

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Which statement about Colles' fracture is NOT true?

Explanation:
Colles' fracture happens when you fall on an outstretched hand with the wrist extended, causing the distal radius fragment to tilt dorsally and create a dinner fork appearance. The displacement is posterior (dorsal) rather than anterior. Anterior or volar displacement of the distal radius is not characteristic of Colles' fracture; that pattern is seen in Smith's fracture, which occurs with a fall on a flexed or partly flexed wrist. So the statement about anterior displacement is not true for Colles' fracture.

Colles' fracture happens when you fall on an outstretched hand with the wrist extended, causing the distal radius fragment to tilt dorsally and create a dinner fork appearance. The displacement is posterior (dorsal) rather than anterior. Anterior or volar displacement of the distal radius is not characteristic of Colles' fracture; that pattern is seen in Smith's fracture, which occurs with a fall on a flexed or partly flexed wrist. So the statement about anterior displacement is not true for Colles' fracture.

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