title: Scaphoid non-union after simultaneous fractures of the scaphoid and the capitate in a child: a case report.
abstract: A nine-year-old boy fell on his outstretched hand and was diagnosed with simultaneous fractures of the scaphoid and the capitate. The patient was treated conservatively with a cast for two months. Fracture of the capitate healed, however, fracture of the scaphoid resulted in non-union. We treated scaphoid non-union with an iliac bone graft and internal fixation. Three years after surgery, the patient had neither complaints nor complications and union of the scaphoid was confirmed on the radiographs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, 650-0017, Japan. hfujioka@med.kobe-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujioka
authors.forename: Juichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tomatsuri
mesh_terms: D051224:Capitate Bone / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D002370:Casts, Surgical; D002648:Child; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D017102:Fracture Healing; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000628:therapy; D005599:Fractures, Ununited / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007085:Ilium / Q000637:transplantation; D008297:Male; D021361:Scaphoid Bone / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery