A wrist fracture, or broken wrist, is a common injury, usually associated with a fall or sports activity. The wrist contains eight bones called carpals, which are arranged in two rows. The scaphoid, ...

Figure 20. Posteroanterior view of the left wrist. Sclerotic margins at the scaphoid waist fracture indicate the presence of a nonunion. Osteophytosis, cartilage loss, and remodeling are seen at ...

1 We present the X-rays of a 25-year-old man who fell from a height of approximately 2 metres onto an extended wrist. Plain radiographs (figure 1) show classical signs of a trans-scaphoid perilunate ...

It’s more likely in people with weak bones, such as from osteoporosis. A common type of wrist fracture is a scaphoid fracture. Your scaphoid bone is on the thumb side of your wrist. It’s often ...

Inflammation or debris from wear and tear within the wrist joint as well as any fragments of bone or soft tissue may be removed at the same time. Scaphoid fractures can be realigned with the ...

Introduction The aim of this study was to compare a combination of three commonly used tests to identify scaphoid fractures with MRI in patients with normal x-ray after a wrist trauma. Patients and ...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the number and distribution of fractures around the wrist found on bone scintigraphy in patients with a clinically suspected scaphoid fracture and negative ...

Tenderness in the anatomical snuff box (ASB) has long been accepted as an indicator of a possible scaphoid fracture. The longitudinal axis of the scaphoid lies in an anteroposterior plane, ...

Preiser disease is a rare condition where ischaemia and necrosis of the scaphoid bone occurs without previous fracture. A female patient in her 30s presented with severe right wrist pain caused by ...

Your doctor will make the carpal tunnel larger to take pressure off the nerve and relieve your symptoms. Treatment of scaphoid fractures depends on the location of the break in the bone. Most scaphoid ...

No fracture is identified ... Semipronated oblique radiograph of the wrist demonstrates the scaphoid waist and the scaphotrapezial joint. In evaluating standard wrist or hand radiographs, it ...