Accurate percutaneous screw placement for scaphoid fractures remains technically challenging. Research now shows that using computer-assisted navigation may help surgeons with screw positioning while ...

Acumed's new SLIC Screw System - a jointed screw and a targeting guide with accompanying instrumentation to place and insert the screw accurately - offers surgeons a new adjunct to the soft tissue ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Evidence from a major study published in Lancet showed most scaphoid waist fractures achieve union with casting ...

Being a MotoGP riders is not exactly the safest job out there, and this weekend is time for Bradley Smith to experience this first-hand. Cal Cutchlow's team mate Smith only did 14 laps yesterday at ...

A scaphoid fracture involves a break of one of the bones on the thumb side of the wrist. The scaphoid bone plays a role in the ability to move the wrist joint. There are surgical and nonsurgical ...

A study led by University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust has found that plaster casts are just as effective at healing scaphoid waist fractures in the wrist as surgery. The SWIFFT trial, funded by ...