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Salvage of post surgical scaphoid non-union

Author: Juichi Tanaka

Published in: BMC Proceedings | Special Issue 3/2015

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Acceptable results of scaphoid fracture have been reported associated with development of surgical procedures and improvement of fixation screws. However, some scaphoid fractures result in nonunion after surgery. Nonunion of scaphoid fracture causes osteoarthritis of the wrist. Therefore, it is important to achieve union. In the present study, we retrospectively analyzed the salvage operation of fracture nonunion of the scaphoid, which had been treated surgically but did not unite. …

Title: Salvage of post surgical scaphoid non-union
Author: Juichi Tanaka
Publication date: 01-12-2015
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: BMC Proceedings / Issue Special Issue 3/2015
Electronic ISSN: 1753-6561
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1753-6561-9-S3-A41

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