Scaphoid Fracture & Non-union

Chapter 5 of Volume 1, Hand & Upper Limb. Revision notes and examiner-style viva questions with model answers for the FRCS (Plast).

11 viva questions in this chapter

1. Describe this radiograph.
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2. A patient has snuffbox tenderness and normal radiographs. What now?
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3. The CT confirms an un-displaced waist fracture. How do you treat it?
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4. When would you fix a scaphoid fracture acutely?
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5. Take me through the vascular anatomy and why it matters.
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6. Two months after injury this has not united. How do you assess it?
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7. What is a humpback deformity, and how do you measure it?
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8. Established non-union with an avascular proximal pole. Vascularised graft or not?
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9. Describe the 1,2 ICSRA graft.
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10. When would you use a free medial femoral condyle graft?
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11. He is asymptomatic and does not want an operation. What do you say?
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