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Nissen-Lie classification
Nissen-Lie
classification
is a system of
categorizing
Colles'
fractures
. In the Nissen-Lie
classification system
there are
seven
types
of fractures. The classification system was first
published
in 1939.
Classification
Type
1: A
fracture
at the
junction
of the
shaft
and
distal extremity
of the radius
Type 2:
Slipping
of the
epiphysis
with dorsal
displacement
, often with a
dorsally
avulsed
triangular
fragment
of the radius
Type 3:
Minimal
displacement
Type 4:
Dorsal
angulation, extra-articular, no
comminution
Type 5: Intra-articular,
comminuted
Type 6:
Fractures
of the
radial styloid
Type 7: Fractures with dorsal displacement
