Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Nonunion in a displaced fracture of the scaphoid is four times more likely than nonunion in an undisplaced ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Evidence from a major study published in Lancet showed most scaphoid waist fractures achieve union with casting ...

Nondisplaced or minimally displaced scaphoid fractures have traditionally been treated conservatively. More recently, early surgical intervention has been advocated despite a lack of supporting ...

Using a plaster cast to treat scaphoid wrist fractures of the wrist is equivalent to surgery in healing the bone, as long as the few that do not re-join are identified and fixed. Scaphoid wrist ...

The scaphoid bone is one of the eight smaller carpal bones in your wrist. It lies on the thumb side of your wrist right below the radius, one of the two larger bones in your forearm. It’s involved in ...

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Objective: To determine the cost effectiveness of a magnetic resonance imaging scan (MRI) within 5 days of injury compared with the usual management of occult scaphoid fracture. Methods: All patients ...

The scaphoid is the most common carpal bone to fracture. Nondisplaced scaphoid fractures can be missed when initial X-rays are read as normal and/or the injury is believed to be a wrist sprain. As ...