Arthroscopic treatment of unstable scaphoid fracture and nonunion with two headless compression screws and distal radius bone graft

Table 1 Principal patient characteristics

Group	Pt. no.	Age (years)	Sex	Hand dominance	Location of fracture/union	Herbert classification	Time to surgery (d and m)	POA stage	Bony union (weeks)	Follow-up (months)
HCS (n = 13)	1	34	M	Dominant	Waist	B2	1 d	0	8	18
	2	28	F	Dominant	Proximal	B3	1 d	0	10	18
	3	35	M	Dominant	Proximal	B3	3 d	0	12	14
	4	26	F	Nondominant	Waist	B2	1 d	0	8	16
	5	49	F	Dominant	Proximal	B3	2 d	0	10	12
	6	26	M	Nondominant	Waist	B2	14 d	0	12	14
	7	48	F	Dominant	Waist	B2	1 d	0	8	16
	8	25	M	Dominant	Waist	B2	5 d	0	10	12
	9	21	F	Nondominant	Proximal	B3	2 d	0	8	12
	10	33	M	Dominant	Proximal	B3	1 d	0	12	16
	11	37	M	Nondominant	Waist	B2	14 d	0	10	12
	12	30	M	Nondominant	Waist	B2	4 d	0	10	16
	13	28	M	Dominant	Waist	B2	7 d	0	12	12
	Mean	32.3					4.3 d		10	14.5
Bone graft with HCS (n = 10)	14	23	M	Dominant	Proximal	C	4 m	0	12	16
	15	26	M	Dominant	Waist	D1	6 m	0	12	18
	16	43	M	Dominant	Proximal	C	5 m	1	10	16
	17	23	M	Dominant	Waist	D2	84 m	1	20	14
	18	36	M	Dominant	Waist	D2	12 m	1	12	16
	19	35	M	Dominant	Waist	D2	8 m	1	14	12
	20	21	M	Dominant	Waist	D1	6 m	0	12	12
	21	40	M	Dominant	Waist	C	4 m	0	14	14
	22	19	F	Dominant	Waist	D2	12 m	1	12	18
	23	26	F	Dominant	Proximal	D2	10 m	1	14	14
	Mean	29.2					15.1 m		13.2	15
Total (n = 23)	Mean	30.9					6.9 m		11.6	14.8

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