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Scaphoid Nonunion: Surgical Fixation Without Bone Graft

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A 21-year-old right-hand dominant elite hockey player presented to our clinic with a known left scaphoid fracture. He sustained this injury 7 months ago while playing hockey. He was able to continue playing, albeit with wrist pain. He presented to the emergency room after the game and was diagnosed with a wrist sprain as no fractures were identified on initial radiographs. His pain gradually resolved over the course of 4 weeks and he returned to play the remaining 5 months of the season. He denies reinjuring the wrist, but noted a recurrence of symptoms when he started off-season training.

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  1. The Roth|McFarlane Hand and Upper Limb Centre (HULC), Department of Surgery, Division of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada

    Christopher Doherty

  2. The Roth|McFarlane Hand and Upper Limb Centre, Department of Surgery, Division of Orthopedic Surgery, St Joseph’s Health Center, London, ON, Canada

    Ruby Grewal

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  1. Robert A. Chase Hand and Upper Limb Center, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA, USA

    Jeffrey Yao MD (Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery) (Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery)

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Doherty, C., Grewal, R. (2015). Scaphoid Nonunion: Surgical Fixation Without Bone Graft. In: Yao, J. (eds) Scaphoid Fractures and Nonunions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18977-2_7

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