If your doctor identifies a scaphoid fracture, you should get the right treatment immediately to avoid any future risks. The scaphoid fracture treated on time only takes about 12 weeks to recover.

Evidence from a major study published in Lancet showed most scaphoid waist fractures achieve union with casting alone, reserving an indication for surgery for a limited number of cases, a ...

Medically reviewed by Yaw Boachie-Adjei, MD A scaphoid fracture is a break in a small bone in the wrist called the scaphoid bone. It commonly occurs due to a fall on an outstretched hand. If you ...

This week we are going to discuss scaphoid fractures in the wrist. The scaphoid is a peanut shaped bone on the thumb side of the wrist. When a fall on an outstretched hand (FOOSH) occurs, the patie… ...

439 adult patients with a scaphoid waist fracture of the wrist were enrolled between 2013 and 2016 from orthopaedic departments in 31 NHS hospitals across the United Kingdom.

The transverse fracture of the scaphoid breaks the peanut “in half” essentially at the waist of the scaphoid and can significantly reduce the blood supply to the scaphoid bone itself.

A summary of the SWIFFT study which finds that for a scaphoid waist fracture of the wrist, a plaster cast should be used first and if the fracture doesn't heal it should be fixed with a screw.

Figure 8. Scaphoid view of the right wrist taken with the hand in ulnar deviation. A nondisplaced transverse fracture is identified through the scaphoid waist. Figure 9. Carpal tunnel radiograph ...

J Hand Surg Am. 2002;27:685-691. Raju PK, Kini SG. Fixation techniques for non-union of the scaphoid. J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong). 2011;19:80-84.

Cannabis-only users had a 10.1% rate of nonunion 24 months after a scaphoid fracture. Patients who did not use either tobacco or cannabis had a 7.7% rate of nonunion 24 months after a scaphoid ...

Figure 3. Semipronated oblique radiograph of the wrist demonstrates the scaphoid waist and the scaphotrapezial joint. Figure 4. Semisupinated (reverse) oblique radiographs of the right and left hands.