Abstract
The scaphoid is the most commonly fractured carpal bone, accounting for approximately 60% of all carpal fractures, and continue to present diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. Early diagnosis and adequate primary treatment are important to provide healing and prevent late complications. The symptoms can often be misinterpreted as a sprain both by the patient and the doctor, and acute fractures may be difficult to see on ordinary X-rays. Despite scaphoid fractures are primarily recognized and treated appropriately, nonunion may occur in 5% to 15%. According to the recent report, most case series report an approximate 10% nonunion rate. More recent data reported that fracture displacement (usualPure Cancellous Iliac Bone grafting for the Treatment of Scaphoid Waist Nonunions with Humpback Deformity
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