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 ...

The scaphoid bone is one of the eight smaller carpal bones in your wrist. It lies on the thumb side of your wrist right below the radius, one of the two larger bones in your forearm. It’s involved in ...

The scaphoid is a small bone of the wrist that is located at the base of the thumb, immediately above the radius bone, where the wrist bends. It is seen when the thumb is held in a hitch-hiking or ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Nonunion in a displaced fracture of the scaphoid is four times more likely than nonunion in an undisplaced ...

For this month’s 4 Questions interview, I asked Donald S. Bae, MD, to share some of his recent work and insights into pediatric scaphoid fractures. How many of these do you see in a year? My point is ...

This week we are going to discuss scaphoid fractures in the wrist. The scaphoid is a peanut shaped bone on the thumb side of the wrist. When a fall on an outstretched hand (FOOSH) occurs, the patient ...

Navicular fractures can occur in the middle of the foot. They also occur in the wrist, as one of the eight carpal bones at the base of the hand is also known as the scaphoid or navicular bone. A ...

Our GP on wrist fractures and why it is necessary to have a cast. Question: My son fell and hurt his wrist. We went to the hospital. At first we were told there was no break, but then he was given a ...

Cycling to the shops one morning, I was a few streets from home when a student driving a hatchback pulled out without looking and hit me, throwing me in the air. As I fell, I stretched out my right ...

A scaphoid fracture is one of the most common of wrist injuries, especially among sportsmen and women. The bone is shaped like a cashew nut and connects the thumb to the wrist, acting like a ball ...