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→Volar or dorsal tilt: Link fix
[[File:Dorsal tilt of distal radius fracture.jpg|thumb|Fracture with a dorsal tilt: Dorsal is left, and volar is right in the image.]]
The volar is dorsal tilt can be described by an angle from the axial plane of the radius, shown in <font color=red>red</font> in the image at right, and goes between:<ref name="Piva NetoLhamby2011">{{cite journal|last1=Piva Neto|first1=Antonio|last2=Lhamby|first2=Fabio Colla|title=Fixação das fraturas da extremidade distal do rádio pela técnica de kapandji modificada: avaliação dos resultados radiológicos|journal=Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia|volume=46|issue=4|year=2011|pages=368–373|issn=0102-3616|doi=10.1590/S0102-36162011000400004}}</ref>
*A line drawn between the distal ends of the [[:en:Radius_(bone)#Structure|articular surface of the radius]].*A line that is [[:en:Perpendicular|perpendicular]] to the [[:en:diaphysis|diaphysis]] of the radius.Sometimes, the diaphysis of the radius is hard to distinguish from the [[:en:ulna|ulna]], and a line between them (<font color="turquoise">turquoise line</font>) may be used instead.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://radiopaedia.org/articles/colles-fracture|title=Colles fracture|author=Dr Paresh K Desai|accessdate=2016-12-18|website=[[:en:Radiopedia|Radiopedia]]}}</ref>
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