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Herbert Screw Insertion in the Scaphotrapezial Joint

A cause of degenerative change?

I. CALLANAN
O. LAHOTI
J. P. McELWAIN

From Meath Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Correspondence: Mr I. Callanan, 16 Temple Park Avenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland.

The method of insertion of the Herbert screw for scaphoid fractures and its long-term presence in the scaphotrapezial joint may predispose to degeneration in that joint. We examined a group of patients with long-term follow-up to assess this risk and found it to be insignificant.

Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 21, No. 6, 775-777 (1996)
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-7681(96)80186-0
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