TY  - JOUR
T1  - Percutaneous Screw Fixation Led to Faster Recovery and Return to Work Than Immobilization for Fractures of the Waist of the Scaphoid
Y1  - 2008/08/01
N1  - 10.2106/JBJS.9008.ebo3
JO  - The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
SP  - 1793
EP  - 1793
VL  - 90
IS  - 8
N2  - 
Patients: 60 patients who were 17 to 65 years of age (mean age, 29 y; 83% men) and had a Herbert type B1 (1 patient) or B2 (59 patients) fracture of the scaphoid (7 displaced, 53 undisplaced). 25 patients had sustained a fracture to the dominant side. Exclusion criteria included previous ipsilateral fracture of the scaphoid, additional injuries to the ipsilateral upper extremity, a pathological condition of the bone, a terminal disease, substance abuse, and polytrauma. Follow-up was 100% at 8 weeks, 93% at 12 weeks, 95% at 26 weeks, and 92% at 1 year.

SN  - 0021-9355
M3  - doi: 10.2106/JBJS.9008.ebo3
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.9008.ebo3
ER  -