الفهرس 
Anatomical features of the scaphoid boneOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
In this thesis we have described the anatomy
of the scaphoid with special reference to blood supply,
mechanism of injury and clinical pictures. The various
forms of treatment for fractures of the scaphoid(carpal
navicular) have been briefly discussed.
24 cases of non-united fractures of scaphoid were
reviewed;Fracture of the dominant hand was the commonest.
The waist of the scaphoid was the site of fracture in
most of them. Different lines of treatment were performed.
Wedge grafting showed 100 % good results(accepted).
Proximal row carpectomy showed 60 % fair results, 20 %
good results and 20 % poor results. (80 % not acceptable).
Grafting and screw fixation was done in one patient who
showed a good res~lt(accepted). Excision of proximal pole
was done in 2 patients with poor results.
Scapho-lunate fusion was done in one patient with
a poor result. 7 patients refused to be operated upon.
from this study the following conclusions were
reached:
1- Most of volar wedge grafting for non-union of
scaphoid fractures gave the best results.
2- Proximal row carpec~omy gave mostly unacceptable
results.