The scaphoid is a small bone of the wrist that is located at the base of the thumb, immediately above the radius bone, where the wrist bends. It is seen when the thumb is held in a hitch-hiking or ...

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

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 ...

Fivefold Fracture in a Perilunate Fracture Dislocation Involving Scaphoid, Capitate, Hamate, Triquetrum and Lunate: A Case Report. Autologous Osteoligamentous Reconstruction of Scaphoid Proximal Pole ...

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 ...

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 ...

Plaster casts are just as effective at healing certain types of wrist fractures as surgery, new research suggests. A cast should be used for scaphoid waist fractures in the wrist in the first instance ...

For this month’s 4 Questions interview, I asked Donald S. Bae, MD, to share some of his recent work and insights into pediatric scaphoid fractures. How many of these do you see in a year? My point is ...

An automated system that uses artificial intelligence (AI) is effective at detecting a common type of wrist fracture on X-rays, according to a study published in the journal Radiology: Artificial ...

In the last training session, first team player Neto suffered a bruise on his left wrist. The tests have diagnosed a scaphoid bone fracture. The treatment to follow, and the time the player is out for ...

It has been confirmed that Matteo Trentin (Omega Pharma - Quick-Step) will miss at least month of racing due to a scaphoid fracture he sustained during Saturday's Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. According to ...