The scaphoid is a peanut-shaped bone on the radial aspect of the wrist (thumb side) which is particularly prone to a significant type of injury—the transverse fracture.

The scaphoid is the most common carpal bone to fracture. Nondisplaced scaphoid fractures can be missed when initial X-rays are read as normal and/or the injury is believed to be a wrist sprain. As ...

Hay said scaphoid bone fracture surgery typically involves inserting a screw to stabilize the break. “Typically, it goes on to heal reliably well,” he said.

Scaphoid fractures are injuries to one of the small bones of the wrist that typically occur when people try to break a fall with their hands. They comprise up to 7% of all skeletal fractures.

Giants edge rusher Kayvon Thibodeaux underwent surgery Wednesday morning to repair a broken scaphoid bone and had a screw placed in his wrist, according to a league source.

Read at the meeting of the American College of Surgeons at the Boston City Hospital October 12, 1928. From the Bone and Joint Service, Boston City Hospital. † For record and address of author ...

Another fracture that is rare among youth soccer players occurs in the scaphoid bone in the wrist. This bone heals poorly and requires at least six weeks in a cast.

The scaphoid fracture continues what has been an unlucky few years for the 26-year-old. In 2019, he was forced to leave the Giro d'Italia after a week due to knee pain which hindered him for the ...

To clarify the study findings, Dias said results of SWIFFT showed scaphoid waist fractures with less than 2 mm of displacement are amenable to nonoperative treatment with casting.

SAN FRANCISCO — Documented cannabis use may be associated with an increased risk of scaphoid fracture nonunion compared with non-use, according to results presented here.“While tobacco use is ...