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Swipe! Every now and then, it’s healthy and enjoyable to venture beyond the field of foot and ankle. You review your basic training and apply other principles from sub specialty training. A fall on an outstretched hand outnumbers an ankle sprain at my hospital ER or outpatient clinic any given day. (A) Injury film reveals an AO 2R3A2.2 fracture side by side its latest image at postoperative four years. The surgery performed was a closed reduction with pinning, secured by a cobra device as a non-joint spanning external fixator. They are compared at immediate postoperative and prior to hardware removal. The base of the ulnar styloid is an AO 2U3A1.1 fracture and it has been left alone with excellent function. (B) The contralateral wrist recently sustained a similar injury. I wish I could have shown the amount of displacement here, but the fluoroscopic images reveal improved reduction with the same surgical procedure. Not spanning the wrist joint permits the ability to write and turn a door knob after the operation. Next on the docket is to treat osteoporosis! #orthopaedics #footandankle #CRIF #colles #distalradius #patienthappy #aotrauma #pieytobillo #cobra #exfix #bacolodfootdoctor #firstloveistrauma #foosh #radiology #fracture #trauma #couldbeworse #osteoporosis