Rate of union in recent fractures of the scaphoid bone

Fourty cases of recent fractures of the scaphoid were met with in 37 patients during the period of 6 months from November 1984 to the end of April 1985. All patients were treated by the classical wrist guantlet type of cast. All fractures united, though the duration of immobilisation varied much. Eleven fractures united within two months, 17 between two and three months, 10 between three and four, 1 between four and five and the last between five and six months. The average duration for radiological union was 3.1 months. Tubercle and distal third fractures united in a shorter duration than waist and proximal third fractures