Scaphoid Fractures in Adults Aged 50 Years or Older: Epidemiology and Association With Osteopenia and Nonunion.

In adults older than 50 years, scaphoid fractures may represent a fragility fracture cohort given they occur more frequently in female patients via low-energy mechanisms and over half of the cohort had osteopenia defined by a 2MCP less than 60%. Displaced and unstable fractures were statistically more likely to go on to nonunion. Nonunion was not found to be associated with osteopenia.