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Jonny K Andersson Department of Surgery, Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar
Department of Orthopaedics, Institute of Clinical Sciences, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden

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Pelle Gustafson Department of Clinical Sciences – Orthopedics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
The Swedish National Patient Insurance Company, Stockholm, Sweden

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Philippe Kopylov Department of Clinical Sciences – Orthopedics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Department of Orthopedics, Hässleholm-Kristianstad Hospitals, Hässleholm, Sweden

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Introduction Scaphoid fractures account for 60% of carpal fractures, 11% of hand fractures and 2% of all fractures. The estimated incidence is shown to be 29–43 fractures/100 000 persons/year ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ). Most commonly, it occurs in

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Bedri Karaismailoglu Ayancik State Hospital, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Sinop, Turkey

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Mehmet Fatih Guven Istanbul University – Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Istanbul, Turkey

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Mert Erenler Istanbul University – Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Istanbul, Turkey

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Huseyin Botanlioglu Istanbul University – Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Istanbul, Turkey

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Introduction The treatment of scaphoid nonunion is still a challenge for hand surgeons. Nonunion rate of scaphoid fractures varies between 5% and 15%. 1 Due to tenuous retrograde blood supply of the scaphoid, this rate can increase up to

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Patrick Houvet Institut Français de Chirurgie de la Main, Paris, France

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deformity in the setting of scaphoid fracture nonunion (75% vs 20%). Yet with this type of procedure the lunate positioning is easier to achieve, and the rate of fusion is higher. Fig. 7 LC fusion+ scaphoidectomy. In type II, with an

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