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A 14 + 8 year old healthy male presented with a right distal pole scaphoid nonunion and DISI (dorsal intercalated segment instability) deformity after an injury 6 months prior. Open reduction and internal fixation with structural autograft to correct the humpback deformity was performed via a volar approach. He was placed in a short arm thumb spica cast for 6 weeks and then transitioned to a removable thumb spica splint when healing was present at the 6 week follow-up. Union was present at 3 months, and the patient had full range of motion, no pain, and was released to football.
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Ho, C.A. (2018). Scaphoid Nonunion – Volar Approach. In: Iobst, C., Frick, S. (eds) Pediatric Orthopedic Trauma Case Atlas. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28226-8_149-1
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