Percutaneous screw fixation for scaphoid non-union
Date
2017
Authors
Khan, Nabil Ali
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Abstract
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A retrospective study of all scaphoid non-unions treated with percutaneous screw
fixation at the Rosebank Hospital.
Background:
The Scaphoid plays a key role in the stability of the wrist joint, it acts as a strut bridging
both carpal rows and is therefore continuously subjected to shearing and bending
forces.[Abbreviated Abstract. Open document to view full version]
Description
A research report submitted to the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of
Witwatersrand in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of
Medicine in the branch of Orthopaedic Surgery.
Johannesburg,2017.
Keywords
Percutaneous Screw Fixation