Open AccessScaphoid Non-Union Treated by Zaidemberg’s Vascularized Bone Graft: About 30 Cases
Author(s) -
M. Sbaï,
M El M chirgui,
Riadh Maalla,
Adel Khorbi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
open journal of orthopedics and rheumatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2641-3116
DOI - 10.17352/ojor.000005
Subject(s) - medicine , scaphoid bone , nonunion , wrist , surgery , delayed union
Scaphoid fractures evolves in 10% of cases to nonunion. Untreated, it progresses to arthrosis of the wrist that may compromise the function of the hand. The recently described vascularized bone grafts have helped to expand the armamentarium of management of scaphoid nonunion.
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