Abstract
Patients with scaphoid nonunion with humpback deformity and collapse of the wrist
were treated with palmar wedge bone grafting combined with reduction of the lunate
to correct the dorsal intercalated segment instability deformity. Union was obtained
at an average of 3 months, and patient satisfaction with functional outcome and pain
relief was high. Palmar wedge bone grafting combined with correction of lunate malalignment
successfully achieved scaphoid union, restored scaphoid length, and avoided the potential
complication of scaphoid malunion. This report revisits a technique that facilitates
accurate correction of lunate malalignment (dorsal intercalated segment instability)
by initial reduction and pin fixation to the radius before insertion of scaphoid bone
graft and internal fixation. (J Hand Surg 2000;25A:322–329. Copyright © 2000 by the
American Society for Surgery of the Hand.)
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Publication history
Accepted:
November 2,
1999
Received:
April 13,
1999
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**J Hand Surg 2000;25A 322–329
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