Scaphoid non-union after simultaneous fractures of the scaphoid and the capitate in a child: a case report.
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.
Fujioka
Hiroyuki
H
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, 650-0017, Japan. hfujioka@med.kobe-u.ac.jp
Tanaka
Juichi
J
Tomatsuri
Masaki
M
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