Open AccessScaphoid Nonunion Volar Plating with Pure Nonvascularized Cancellous Autograft
Author(s) -
Paul A Tavakolian,
Nicholas S. Adams,
Scott G. Edwards
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
jbjs essential surgical techniques
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 7
ISSN - 2160-2204
DOI - 10.2106/jbjs.st.20.00029
Subject(s) - medicine , nonunion , surgery , malunion , scaphoid fracture , fixation (population genetics) , bone grafting , cancellous bone , wrist , reduction (mathematics) , population , mathematics , geometry , environmental health
Surgical treatment of scaphoid nonunion has evolved over the years to include a variety of procedures and techniques involving a number of vascularized and nonvascularized bone grafting options and fixation strategies. Volar plating of scaphoid nonunions with use of pure cancellous nonvascularized autograft is a safe and effective treatment method with good functional outcomes and union rates 1 .