INTRODUCTION Scaphoid fractures are rare in childhood. Diagnosis is very difficult to establish because carpal bones are not fully ossified. In suspected cases comparative or delayed radiography is used, as well as computerized tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound and bone scintigraphy. Majority of scaphoid fractures are treated conservatively with good results. In case of delayed...

1 Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Van Military Hospital, Van Askeri Hastanesi Altıntepe, Van, Turkey. 2 Department of Emergency Medicine, Van Military Hospital, Van Askeri Hastanesi Altıntepe, Van, Turkey. Department of Emergency Medicine, Etimesgut Military Hospital, Etimesgut Asker Hastanesi Etimesgut, Ankara, Turkey. Department of Emergency Medicine, Sisli Hamidiye Etfal Research...

Internal fixation of scaphoid fractures avoids the problems associated with prolonged plaster immobilization and, at the same time, allows an early return to activity for these mostly young patients.Internal fixation of the scaphoid is greatly facilitated by the use of specially designed headless bone screws, such as the Herbert bone screw, originally developed specifically for internal fixatio...

Injuries to the wrist often present problems of accurate diagnosis and effective treatment (MacAusland 1944, B#{246}hler1956, Cave 1958, Aitken and Nalebuff 1960). Those associated with fractures are usually demonstrated by proper radiographs, but even these injuries may be missed (Soto-Hall and Haldeman 1941, Speed 1950). Dislocation of the scaphoid bone may occur after apparently successful r...

Background and purpose - The epidemiology and optimal diagnostics of wrist injuries in children are not knotwn. We describe fractures revealed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in a prospective population of children and adolescents with posttraumatic radial-sided wrist tenderness, and compare the diagnostic value of radiographs and computed tomography (CT) with that of MRI. Patients and meth...

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...

A suspected fracture of the scaphoid remains difficult to manage despite advances in knowledge and imaging methods. Immobilisation and restriction of activities in a young and active patient must be balanced against the risks of nonunion associated with an undiagnosed and undertreated fracture of the scaphoid. The assessment of diagnostic tests for a suspected fracture of the scaphoid must take...