Surgical treatment of nondisplaced scaphoid fractures results in lower rates of fracture nonunion
Surgery May Reduce Nonunion Rates for Scaphoid Fractures
This meta-analysis of 29 studies evaluated surgical versus nonsurgical management for acute, nondisplaced scaphoid fractures. The analysis f…
Surgical treatment may lead to fewer nonunions in patients with nondisplaced scaphoid fractures compared to nonsurgical methods.
Minimally displaced scaphoid waist fractures rarely show concurrent ligament injury or progression over five years
When you break your scaphoid wrist bone, how often is a ligament also torn?
A secondary analysis of the SWIFFT RCT in 439 patients with scaphoid waist fractures displaced ≤ 2 mm found scapholunate gap widening > 3 mm…
Most people with a broken scaphoid wrist bone do not have a torn ligament, and even rare tears did not get worse over five years of follow-u…