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Experience with Scaphoid Grafting

From the Department of Hand Surgery, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK

Correspondence: N. J. Barton, 34 Regent Street, Nottingham NG1 5BT, UK.

Over a period of 24 years, the author has used five different methods of bone-grafting for ununited scaphoid fractures. The clinical and radiological results have been reviewed, with a minimum follow-up of 1 year. Radiologically the best results (78% definite union) were obtained with a "wedge" graft and Herbert screw, while the worst results followed the original Russe operation. The clinical result often did not coincide with the radiological outcome. All methods led to a decrease in pain in most cases, but little or no pain was achieved most often by the modified Russe graft. With proximal pole fractures, bony union was only achieved in 54% but the symptoms were always lessened.

Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 22, No. 2, 153-160 (1997)
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-7681(97)80051-4


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