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The Radiological Anatomy of the Scaphoid

Part 2: radiology

From the Orthopaedic Academic Unit, United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy’s and St Thomas’s, London, UK

Correspondence: J. P. Compson FRCS (Orth), Orthopaedic Academic Unit, Rayne Institute, St Thomas’s Campus, United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy’s and St Thomas’s, Lambeth Palace Road, London, SE1 7EH, UK.

The complex shape of the scaphoid and its orientation within the carpus makes the radiological interpretation of scaphoid anatomy difficult. To improve our understanding of how the anatomy appears on plain X-ray, a study was performed using dry cadaver bones. Salient anatomical features were outlined using radiopaque markers, the bones set in wax blocks and the blocks X-rayed in the same axis as six "standard" scaphoid views. The pictures obtained were then compared with clinical X-rays.

Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 22, No. 1, 8-15 (1997)
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-7681(97)80005-8


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