Union of Scaphoid Waist Fractures in Adults Despite No or Minimal Immobilization: a Report of Five Cases

Adolfsson, LarsDepartment of Orthopaedics, Institution of Surgery and Experimental medicine, Linköping University, 581 85, Linköping, Sweden (author)

Union of Scaphoid Waist Fractures in Adults Despite No or Minimal Immobilization : a Report of Five Cases

Godkänd;2020;Nivå 0;2020-08-19 (johcin)
Traditionally scaphoid waist fractures have been treated with a long period, 10–12 weeks, of immobilization in a plaster cast until radiological union. The long period of immobilization sometimes infers great discomfort for the patients. To avoid this, surgical treatment with screw fixation has for the last decade been advocated as an option also for undisplaced fractures. In this report, we present five cases with undisplaced scaphoid waist fractures that have healed both radiologically and clinically without any immobilization at all or after a very short period of protection in a cast. These observations challenge the current treatment guidelines.

Hallgren, Hanna BjörnssonDepartment of Orthopaedics, Institution of Surgery and Experimental medicine, Linköping University, 581 85, Linköping, Sweden (author)
Tegner, YelvertonLuleå tekniska universitet,Hälsa, medicin och rehabilitering(Swepub:ltu)yelteg (author)
Department of Orthopaedics, Institution of Surgery and Experimental medicine, Linköping University, 581 85, Linköping, SwedenHälsa, medicin och rehabilitering (creator_code:org_t)

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