title: Spontaneous correction of dorsal intercalated segment instability deformity with scaphoid malunion in the skeletally immature.
abstract: This is a report on two children with dorsal intercalated segment instability deformity of the carpus associated with malunited fracture of the scaphoid. The patients were observed over 4 years, and spontaneous improvement was noted in association with growth.
authors.affiliation: St. Luke's Hospital Hand Unit, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Herbert
mesh_terms: D002348:Carpal Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D002648:Child; D017759:Fractures, Malunited / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging