title: Surgical treatment of stress fracture of the scaphoid of an adolescent gymnast.
abstract: Stress fracture of the carpal scaphoid is very rare. We present stress fracture of the scaphoid in an adolescent gymnast who was treated with internal fixation. Key pointsThere is a risk of stress fracture of the scaphoid in gymnast.Internal fixation with a screw is one of the good options for stress fracture of the scaphoid.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan.
authors.forename: Tokuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamagiwa
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujioka
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okuno
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tomatsuri
authors.forename: Juichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoshiya
keywords: Stress fracture; gymnast.; scaphoid