snuffbox tenderness

Question 1

scaphoid - which location has no risk of avascular necrosis?

Answer 1

The distal pole

Question 2

for pain in the snuff box - what other differentials are there?

Answer 2

damage to the distal radius and the base of the thumb

Question 3

fracture with dorsal bone fragment is from which carpal bone?

Answer 3

Triquetral

Question 4

if no fracture is identified but a good history and exmamination what is it called?

Answer 4

Clinical scaphoid fracture

Question 5

Fractures of scaphoid are usually visible on how many first radiographs

Answer 5

70%

Question 6

rate of scaphoid non-union

Answer 6

5%