[Experience with the Ender hooked plate in the management of 42 scaphoid pseudarthroses].
To treat the pseudarthrosis of scaphoid, there exist many operative procedures. We describe the method of H. G. Ender: A hook plate fixes the main bone fragments and exerts a pressure on the in-between lying bone transplant. We report on 42 patients operated on using the Ender-plate. In 39 cases a follow-up was possible. 95% of the patients had a consolidation of the bone, in two cases a further operation was required. 36 patients complained preoperatively of pain during exercise and only seven patients had the same complaints after the operation. In some cases, a minor reduction of the motion had to be taken into account to achieve painfree movement.
Klinik und Poliklinik für Allgemeinchirurgie, Universität Göttingen.
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D000328:Adult; D001860:Bone Plates; D001864:Bone Wires; D002348:Carpal Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017102:Fracture Healing / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011542:Pseudarthrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular / Q000502:physiology; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D016474:Weight-Bearing / Q000502:physiology