PANORAMIC REVIEW OF ACUTE SCAPHOID FRACTURES: DESCRIPTION, EPIDEMIOLOGY, ETIOLOGY, PRESENTATION, DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND PROGNOSIS

Abstract

Introduction: Scaphoid fractures are the most common fractures of the carpal bone and commonly occur in young males. Inadequate treatment of these fractures commonly leads to pseudarthrosis, resulting in pain and significant disability. Tenderness to palpation and/or pain with axial loading of the thumb should be managed as if it were a scaphoid fracture until proven otherwise.

Objective: to detail current information related to scaphoid fractures, description, epidemiology, etiology, presentation, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis.

Methodology: a total of 37 articles were analyzed in this review, including review and original articles, as well as clinical cases, of which 20 bibliographies were used because the other articles were not relevant to this study. The sources of information were PubMed, Google Scholar and Cochrane; the terms used to search for information in Spanish, Portuguese and English were: fracture, scaphoid, carpal bones, trauma, surgery.