Evidence from a major study published in Lancet showed most scaphoid waist fractures achieve union with casting alone, reserving an indication for surgery for a limited number of cases, a ...

Semipronated oblique radiograph of the wrist demonstrates the scaphoid waist and the scaphotrapezial joint. Figure 4. Semisupinated (reverse) oblique radiographs of the right and left hands.

A pairwise meta-analaysis of level 1 studies examining acute minimally displaced and undisplaced scaphoid waist fractures showed no statistically significant difference in the union rates between ...

About 80 percent of scaphoid fractures happen at the waist, 20 percent at the proximal pole, and 10 percent at the distal pole. The site of the fracture affects how it will heal.