Avascular necrosis of the distal pole of the scaphoid

Avascular necrosis (AVN) of the scaphoid predominantly occurs in the proximal pole. Review of the literature revealed only six cases and all are suspect due to the lack of either MRI investigation or investigation of bleeding preoperatively. We report four new cases and one of them appears to be a r...

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Autores principales: Tokyay, Abbas, Gunal, Izge
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Informa Healthcare 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4623543/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27252968
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/23320885.2015.1006633
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description Avascular necrosis (AVN) of the scaphoid predominantly occurs in the proximal pole. Review of the literature revealed only six cases and all are suspect due to the lack of either MRI investigation or investigation of bleeding preoperatively. We report four new cases and one of them appears to be a real distal pole AVN of the scaphoid in the literature.
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spelling pubmed-46235432016-06-01 Avascular necrosis of the distal pole of the scaphoid Tokyay, Abbas Gunal, Izge Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg Case Report Avascular necrosis (AVN) of the scaphoid predominantly occurs in the proximal pole. Review of the literature revealed only six cases and all are suspect due to the lack of either MRI investigation or investigation of bleeding preoperatively. We report four new cases and one of them appears to be a real distal pole AVN of the scaphoid in the literature. Informa Healthcare 2015-01-20 /pmc/articles/PMC4623543/ /pubmed/27252968 http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/23320885.2015.1006633 Text en © 2015 The Author(s). Published by Informa Healthcare. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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