Scaphoid Fracture Flashcards
1
Q
AETIOLOGY
Usual cause
A
Fall onto outstretched hand
2
Q
CLINICAL FEATURES
Presentation
A
- Tenderness in anatomical snuffbox
3
Q
COMPLICATIONS
A
- Avascular necrosis and non-union
- Due to the retrograde blood supply (supplied from only one direction)
4
Q
What bones have vulnerable blood supplies, where fracture can often lead to avascular necrosis
A
- Scaphoid
- Femoral head
- Humeral head
- Talus
- Navicular
- 5th metatarsal of foot
