What Is the Navicular Bone?
The scaphoid is a small bone in the wrist. The scaphoid is near the radial side of the row, and its shape is like a boat, hence its name. But it is irregular, long and narrow on the back, forming a joint with the radius. When the fall was injured, the palm of the hand hit the ground, and the scaphoid was the first to be pressed between the radius and the skull to form a fracture. The scaphoid is difficult to heal because of its high shear force and poor blood flow.
Scaphoid
- The scaphoid is a small bone in the wrist. The scaphoid is near the radial side of the row, and its shape is like a boat, hence its name. But irregular, narrow and rough on the back, and
- Academic Discussion on Traditional Chinese Medicine Orthopedics, Vol. 12, No. 2, 2000
- Discussion on gypsum fixation position of scaphoid fracture
- Author: Fan Guangfeng
- Unit: Yancheng Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Jiangsu Province 224002
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- Clinical Reports of TCM Orthopedics Vol.12, No.5, 2000
- Colle's fracture with wrist scaphoid fracture: a report of 66 cases
- Han Luning Wang Zhihai Liang Shunxing Zhang Shenqing Liang Dongwei Liang Zhenxing Yin Xunju
- Han Luning (Ningyang Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Shandong Province); Wang Zhihai (Wanquan County Hospital of Hebei Province); Liang Shunxing Zhang Shenqing Liang Dongwei Liang Zhenxing Yin Xunju (Shandong Feicheng Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital 271600)
- Key words
- Colle's fracture; complications; scaphoid fracture; diagnosis and treatment; case report
- Colle's fracture accompanied by
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