A fracture usually caused by falling on an outstretched hand resulting in posterior displacement of the distal fragment of the radius is a
A) Boxer's fracture
B) Smith's fracture
C) Colles' fracture
D) Monteggia's fracture

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Colles' fracture is a transverse fracture through the distal radius with dorsal angulation and often overriding of the distal fracture fragment.

A Fracture Usually Caused by Falling on an Outstretched Hand