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Old 04-18-2008, 09:21 AM   #15 (permalink)
scottland
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Originally Posted by Bobafett View Post
Yeah, sedition, not being orthopaedic myself, but having worked in the A&E (ER dept) previously, I cannot recall what surgery they exactly do on a scaphoid. All the people I saw with a fractured scaphoid just had a cast. Glad yours healed.
I don't know the technical name for it, but for me, they are going to put a screw through the entire scaphoid to hold it together, and then cast it so it heals.
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