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The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume
Vol. 81-B, Issue 1 | Pages 91 - 92
1 Jan 1999
Hambidge JE Desai VV Schranz PJ Compson JP Davis TRC Barton NJ

Acute fractures of the scaphoid were randomly allocated for conservative treatment in a Colles’-type plaster cast with the wrist immobilised in either 20° flexion or 20° extension. The position of the wrist did not influence the rate of union of the fracture (89%) but when reviewed after six months the wrists which had been immobilised in flexion had a greater restriction of extension. We recommend that acute fractures of the scaphoid should be treated in a Colles’-type cast with the wrist in slight extension.