BACKGROUND/AIM Management of scaphoid trauma includes imaging with repeated X-rays whose interpretation is difficult and often ambivalent. The aim of the study was to propose a fast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) protocol permitting exclusion of traumatic lesions of the scaphoid bone in children, which would avoid unnecessary immobilization and irradiation in negative cases. PATIENTS AND ME...

One hundred and eleven patients with signs and symptoms of carpal scaphoid injury, but with no fracture visible on X-ray, underwent bone scintigraphy of the wrists. The first 42 patients were re-X-rayed 10 days after injury: bone scanning had identified all fractures confirmed on this X-ray; there were no false negative bone scans. Sixty-seven patients (60%) did not have increased focal uptake ...

Scaphoid fractures are commonly seen in orthopedic practice. An organized and thoughtful approach to diagnosis and treatment can facilitate good outcomes. Anatomical knowledge of the scaphoid is important both for the treatment and prognosis. The blood supply to scaphoid is from distal to proximal pole. Clinical suspicion is of paramount importance. X ray is most important to confirm the diagno...

PURPOSE Partial wrist arthrodesis is a commonly performed procedure for the treatment of posttraumatic wrist arthritis because of its ability to provide pain relief without sacrificing complete wrist motion. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the redistribution of force after four-corner fusion and scaphoid excision, and to correlate the findings with the reported clinical outcomes. ME...

conclusions a clinical examination combined with a plain radiograph should be considered to improve the diagnostic precision for patients presenting with scaphoid fractures in an emergency department. in this way, both overtreatment and undertreatment of patients can be avoided. results scaphoid tubercle tenderness had a sensitivity of 95.23% and a specificity of 74.07% in the diagnosis of scap...

as he was being conveyed by trolley from Toondla, where the accident happened, to Agra, a distance of about 15 miles. On removing innumerable cloths soaked in blood, I found that the thumb with its metacarpal bone had entirely disappeared. Ttie metacarpal bone of the index finger was, as it were, dissected out from the palm of the hand, completely denuded of flesh, and separated from the carpal...

INTRODUCTION Bilateral fractures of the distal radius and scaphoid are extremely rare injuries. CASE PRESENTATION A patient with bilateral comminuted, displaced distal fractures of the radius and bilateral fractures of the scaphoid was treated via internal fixation of the scaphoid fractures with Herbert screws and internal fixation of the distal radius fractures with locked volar plating. C...