Ok, my medical professionals. Feedback needed, please.
Loved one broke her wrist on 4 July, has been in a cast since. Non-displaced scaphoid fracture. She was due to get her cast off today, but doc is not satisfied with fracture union and wants to do precutaneous screw fixation rather than further cast immobilization. Subject is early 30's and in good health. She is not sure that she is on board with the surgery.
Search query on the forum on key words turned up nothing, so I/we are interested in your experiences regarding similar injuries, and if they parallel linked study. And would you lean more towards further cast immobilization or screw fixation?
The study
http://jbjs.org/content/83/4/483
Thanks in advance.
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