Abstracts Posters SICOT-SOF meeting Gothenburg 2010 _2_

Poster
Topic: Trauma - Hand/Wrist
Abstract number: 25708
SURGICAL TREATMENT OF SCAPHOID NON UNION
Manuel RIBEIRO DA SILVA 1 , Daniel LOPES 1 , Rui PINTO 1 , Rui MATOS 1 , José
TULHA 1 , Pedro NEGRăO 1 , Rui CEIA 2
1 Săo Joăo Hospital-Orthopaedics Departement, Porto (PORTUGAL), 2 Zurich Health
Insurances Portugal, Lisboa (PORTUGAL)
Scaphoid Pseudoarthrosis frequently requires surgical treatment. The authors
present a series of 38 patients, who had surgical treatment of scaphoid
pseudoarthrosis by anatomic reconstruction with graft and osteosyntesis with a
scaphoid screw.Patients evaluation: analysis of consolidation, evaluation of wrist
mobility, grip and tip strength, determination of VAS, DASH and Mayo Wrist Score.
31 men and 7 women were evaluated. Mean age: 35,17±5,4 years. Mean follow time:
48,12 months (minimum of 12 months). Results: 85% of consolidation. Mean VAS of
2,2. Mean DASH score of 22,5. Mayo Wrist Score: 18 excellent , 7 good , 6
satisfactory and 5 bad . Mean wrist mobility: flexion 73,96º, extension 71,46º,
pronation 85,2º, supination 88,96º. The difference in mobility between fractured hand
vs contra lateral was not significant (p