Surgical treatment of stress fracture of the scaphoid of an adolescent gymnast.

نویسندگان

  • Tokuyoshi Yamagiwa
  • Hiroyuki Fujioka
  • Hiroaki Okuno
  • Masaki Tomatsuri
  • Juichi Tanaka
  • Shinichi Yoshiya
چکیده

Stress fracture of the carpal scaphoid is very rare. We present stress fracture of the scaphoid in an adolescent gymnast who was treated with internal fixation. Key pointsThere is a risk of stress fracture of the scaphoid in gymnast.Internal fixation with a screw is one of the good options for stress fracture of the scaphoid.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of sports science & medicine

دوره 8 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2009