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Metacarpal Small Incision for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Published on: April 5, 2024
[Bilateral non-union scaphoid or bipartite carpal scaphoid bone arthritis?]
T Et-tai1, M Boussouga, N Bousselmame
1Service de traumatologie-orthopédie II, hôpital militaire d'instruction Mohamed-V, Rabat, Morocco. missett4@yahoo.fr
Abstract:
The authors report a case of bilateral division of the carpal scaphoid in a 36-year-old man. In the right wrist, all the clinical and radiological signs suggested a bipartite scaphoid, but in the left wrist the presence of pain and pan-radial osteoarthritis rather suggested a pseudarthrosis of the scaphoid. This raises the possibility of osteoarthritis occurring overtime in a bipartite carpal scaphoid.
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