Okan ASLANTÜRK, Emre ERGEN, Metehan ÖZEN, Kadir ERTEM

Clinical outcomes of scaphoid nonunions treated with 1,2 intercompartmental supraretinacular artery pedicled vascularized bone graft and compression screw

Scaphoid fractures are the most common fracture of the carpal bones and account for 60% carpal injuries. Nonunion may occur in 5-12% of scafoid fractures. Aim of this study is to present result of scaphoid nonuinon treated with 1-2 intercompartmental pedicled artery bone graft and canullated screw in our clinic. Between 2009-2012, 19 scaphoid nonunions (18 males, 1 female) were treated with 1-2 intercompartmental pedicled artery bone graft and canullated screw. The average age of patients were 31,2 (range 12-47 years). The average time from initial injury to operation was 40.8 months (range 8 months -20 years). All scaphoid nonunions healed with union at an average of 9,4 weeks( range 6-12 weeks) after surgery. The average Mayo score of patients were 76,6 (range-25100). We determined that treatment with 1-2 intercompartmental pedicled artery bone graft and canullated screw is good option in scaphoid nonunions regardless of avascular necrosis

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