Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Evidence from a major study published in Lancet showed most scaphoid waist fractures achieve union with casting ...

A study led by University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust has found that plaster casts are just as effective at healing scaphoid waist fractures in the wrist as surgery. The SWIFFT trial, funded by ...

This week we are going to leave the leg and move into the upper extremity (arm) to discuss a condition that occurs in the wrist and can be significantly debilitating—the scaphoid fracture. The ...

A summary of the SWIFFT study which finds that for a scaphoid waist fracture of the wrist, a plaster cast should be used first and if the fracture doesn't heal it should be fixed with a screw.

MRI is a form of nonionizing radiation that allows imaging of bone marrow, soft tissues (including cartilage, ligaments, and tendons) and neurovascular structures in three planes (Fig. 18). Images are ...

As with plain radiography and arthrography, CT employs ionizing radiation. It allows three-dimensional visualization of the carpal bones and provides soft tissue detail. Helical CT, also known as ...