About 80 percent of scaphoid fractures happen at the waist, 20 percent at the proximal pole, and 10 percent at the distal pole. The site of the fracture affects how it will heal.

Scaphoid fractures can have a few causes, including falls. When a scaphoid fracture occurs, it interferes with a person’s ability to move their wrist joint.

Fractures of the distal pole represent approximately one-fourth of all injuries, and proximal pole fractures are the least common, accounting for only 6% of scaphoid fractures.

Complications of distal radial and scaphoid fracture treatment. Instr Course Lect 2014;63:113-122. PubMed. Google Scholar. 14. McDermott JD, Ilyas AM, Nazarian LN, Leinberry CF.

The scaphoid is a peanut-shaped bone on the radial aspect of the wrist (thumb side) which is particularly prone to a significant type of injury—the transverse fracture.

However, scaphoid waist fractures that are displaced more than 2 mm can undergo percutaneous operative fixation during which the distal pole is identified, a wire is put down the scaphoid and then ...

Fractures of the Distal End of the Radius Complicated by Fractures of the Carpal Scaphoid Authors : O. D. Chrisman , M.D. , and J. H. Shortell , M.D. Author Info & Affiliations Published July 14, 1949 ...

No bony bridging is present at the scaphoid waist fracture site consistent with a nonunion. Figure 17. Transaxial CT image of both wrists performed at the level of the distal radioulnar joint (DRUJ).

The most common wrist bone to fracture is the radius, which surgeons call a distal radius fracture. Although anyone can have a wrist fracture, 2022 data analysis found that older age is a major ...