Both screws significantly improved the alignment of the scaphoid and decreased carpal ... CONCLUSIONS: Within both groups, cannulated screw fixation maintained the corrected fracture alignment ...

Evidence from a major study published in Lancet showed most scaphoid ... fixation,” Dias said, discussing some of the possible, and sometimes rare, surgical complications, including screw ...

Scaphoid nonunions involving the proximal pole should be fixed surgically with a vascularized bone graft and screw fixation. Bone grafting has been shown to increase the rate of union over screw ...

Methodology:Subjects: 88 patients with minimally displaced or undisplaced bicortical fractures of the waist of the scaphoid. Experimental procedure: Subjects were randomised to treatment with early ...

Accurate percutaneous screw placement for scaphoid fractures remains technically challenging. Research now shows that using computer-assisted navigation may help surgeons with screw positioning ...

Patients were randomly assigned to two arms of the trial, either to have surgery to hold the broken scaphoid with a special screw, or to have the wrist held still in a plaster cast. In the second ...

Giants edge rusher Kayvon Thibodeaux underwent surgery Wednesday morning to repair a broken scaphoid bone and had a screw placed in his wrist, according to a league source. Giants coach Brian ...

At the same time, Bradley Smith mentioned that a screw was to be inserted in his scaphoid bone (one of the wrist bones, see pics below), to mend the injuries and help him get in better shape sooner.