Abstract
A 12-year-old healthy female sustained a left scaphoid fracture 4 weeks prior. Radiographs 4 weeks after the injury revealed a left scaphoid waist fracture that is displaced with a scaphoid/stress radiograph. Open reduction fracture resorption leads to a cystic defect. The child was placed in a short arm thumb spica cast for 6 weeks and then transitioned to a removable thumb spica splint. Union was present at 3 months, and the child had full range of motion at that time with no pain.
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Ho, C.A. (2020). Scaphoid Fracture: Dorsal Approach. In: Iobst, C., Frick, S. (eds) Pediatric Orthopedic Trauma Case Atlas. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29980-8_49
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