Volar Barton fracture is an intra-articular fracture of distal end of radius bone. The fracture is named after John Rhea Barton, an American surgeon who first described this in 1814.
The fracture is further divided into volar and dorsal type depending upon displacement of the distal fragment which can be either
Volar – Towards the palmar side
Dorsal – To side opposite where palm is.
The above xray picture is of 20 years old male who fell on outstretched hand and had volar Barton fracture.
The patient was treated with open reduction and internal fixation using volar buttress plate.
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