Abstract

We used the 2009-2017 Truven Marketscan Research Databases to identify patients with closed scaphoid fractures and performed an analysis of variance test to determine resource utilization and bone stimulator use among these patients. A total of 36,611 patients with scaphoid fractures were identified: 30,143 were managed nonoperatively and 6468 were managed operatively. Nonunion was diagnosed in 500 (1.66%) nonoperatively and in 1211 (19%) operatively managed patients. Bone stimulators were used in less than 2% of nonoperatively and operatively managed scaphoid nonunion patients. Lack of trust in the technology and heterogenous (and occasionally burdensome) requirements for insurance approval are barriers to bone stimulator use; however, surgeons should examine how this technology may fit into the treatment algorithm for these difficult cases.

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