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.

A technically easier method is presented for treatment of proximal pole nonunions of the scaphoid with vascularized bone graft. Eleven patients with wrist pain and motion limitation were diagnosed ...

If the SL ligament is completely ruptured or incompetent, the proximal pole of the scaphoid subluxates dorsally, inducing pain or a clunk in the wrist. Figure 9. PA (a) ...

Fivefold Fracture in a Perilunate Fracture Dislocation Involving Scaphoid, Capitate, Hamate, Triquetrum and Lunate: A Case Report. Autologous Osteoligamentous Reconstruction of Scaphoid Proximal ...

The fracture may be at the far end (distal pole) of the scaphoid, in the middle, or at the near end (proximal pole). The fractures at the near end (closer to the elbow) have a poorer blood supply ...