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A review of scaphoid fracture, treatment outcomes, and consequences.

Ahmad K AlmigdadAhmad Al-ZoubiAyman MustafaMotaz Al-QasaimehEhab AzzamSaab MestarihiYousef KhairGhandi Almanasier
Published in: International orthopaedics (2023)
Nonunions were higher in our study than in the literature, as our department is a referral center for established nonunion cases. For conservative treatment, we recommend aggressive management and follow-up with a clinical and CT scan at three months and early referral of non-united fractures to the hand clinic to avoid the advanced collapse of the scaphoid.
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