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. 2016:2016:7374101.
doi: 10.1155/2016/7374101. Epub 2016 Jun 6.

Anatomic Locking Plate Fixation for Scaphoid Nonunion

Joshua Mirrer  1 , Just Yeung  2 , Anthony Sapienza  1
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Anatomic Locking Plate Fixation for Scaphoid Nonunion

Joshua Mirrer et al. Case Rep Orthop. 2016.

Abstract

Nonunion can occur relatively frequently after scaphoid fracture and appears to be associated with severity of injury. There have been a number of techniques described for bone grafting with or without screw fixation to facilitate fracture healing. However, even with operative fixation of scaphoid fractures with bone grafting nonunion or malunion rates of 5 to 10 percent are still reported. This is the first report of an anatomic locking plate for scaphoid fracture repair in a 25-year-old right hand dominant healthy male.

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