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When the bone fails to heal after a fracture, medical experts call it pseudoarthrosis. It can lead to covering and displacement of the fragments as well as possible deformation of the scaphoid bone. Scaphoid bone pseudoarthrosis often results from poor supply to the scaphoid bone vessel. The typical symptoms include pain, swelling in the soft parts, obstruction when working and decrease in the wrist power.

To help you grab again powerfully, depending on the type of pseudoarthrosis, various operations might be necessary to stabilise the scaphoid bone and to restore its shape: among other things, here fragments are removed and if needed any produced bone tissue is fixed with the Herbert screw.

Post-treatment includes approx. 4 to 12 weeks of rest depending on the stability restored by the operation.
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