title: Patterns of union in fractures of the waist of the scaphoid.
abstract: Eighty-two of 85 patients who had sustained a fracture of the waist of the scaphoid in 1985 were reviewed more than one year after injury. The incidence of nonunion, defined as a clear gap at the fracture site one year after injury, was 12.3%. This was much higher than expected. Most of the patients with nonunion had symptoms and had appreciable restriction of wrist movement. In a further 25% of the patients at review, the site of the fracture could be easily identified although it appeared to have healed. These patients were older and more of them were women. Three-quarters of these patients had symptoms but their wrist movement was essentially normal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Leicester Royal Infirmary, England.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Dias
authors.forename: I J
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Brenkel
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Finlay
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002348:Carpal Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005599:Fractures, Ununited / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D014945:Wound Healing