Once an X-ray shows the fracture is healed, the cast can be removed. Fractures that are in the proximal pole of the scaphoid, displaced, or not treated soon after injury require surgical repair.

The fracture was then securely fixed with a ... the Zeidenberg technique and is effective for the treatment of proximal pole scaphoid nonunions even with avascularity by MRI.

In 90 cases, the fracture nonunion was in the waist of the scaphoid and it was in the proximal pole in 13 cases. Patients were examined at about 30 months on average with excellent results in 53% ...

Nonconventional radiographs, including scaphoid and carpal tunnel ... A comminuted intra-articular fracture of the ulnar aspect of the proximal phalanx of the thumb is identified.