Compression screw fixation without bone grafting for scaphoid fibrous nonunion

Conclusions Patients with fibrous scaphoid nonunion demonstrated good results with rigid fixation without bone grafting. Increasing age and >1-year interval between injury and surgery resulted in lower self-assessed outcomes. Level of Evidence Therapeutic Level IV, retrospective case series

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Source: Hand - February 18, 2015 Category: Surgery Source Type: research