title: Scaphoid fractures in children.
abstract: Fracture of the carpal scaphoid before skeletal maturity represents 0.34% of all fractures in children and 0.45% of children's upper limb fractures. Seventy-seven children, with a mean age of 11 years (range 8-14 years), suffered a scaphoid fracture in Nottingham, England, between 1977 and 1984 inclusive. Sixty-four of them have been personally reviewed. The mechanism of injury was usually a fall onto the outstretched hand and in the majority was an undisplaced fracture of the distal third of the bone. Immobilization in a scaphoid type of forearm-hand cast led to union in virtually all instances. Nonunion is very rare in treated cases of fresh fracture of the carpal scaphoid.
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000293:Adolescent; D001642:Bicycling; D002348:Carpal Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005596:Fractures, Closed / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D006214:Hallux / Q000293:injuries; D006801:Humans; D007103:Immobilization; D008297:Male; D008663:Metacarpus / Q000293:injuries; D011859:Radiography; D013997:Time Factors