Undisplaced scaphoid waist fractures: Is 4 weeks' immobilisation in a below-elbow cast sufficient if a week 4 CT scan suggests fracture union?

Journal of Hand Surgery: European Volume

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 631-637

  Geoghegan, J M ^a   Woodruff, M J ^a   Bhatia, R ^a   Dawson, J S ^a   Kerslake, R W ^a   Downing, N D ^a   Oni, J A ^a   Davis, Tim R C ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cast immobilisation; Nonoperative; Nonunion; Treatment time; Undisplaced scaphoid waist fracture; Union

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAST APPLICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PLASTER CAST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAPHOID FRACTURE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK DISABILITY; WRIST DISLOCATION; WRIST FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASTS, SURGICAL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCAPHOID BONE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449853861     PISSN: 17531934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1753193409105189     Document Type: Article

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