Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Non union of scaphoid fracture in a cricketer – possibility of a stress fracture: a case report. | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Open Access Case report Non union of scaphoid fracture in a cricketer - possibility of a stress fracture a case report Ulfin Rethnam Rajam SU Yesupalan and Thirumoolanathan M Kumar Address Department of Orthopaedics Glan Clwyd Hospital Rhyl UK Email Ulfin Rethnam - ulfinr@ Rajam SU Yesupalan - ajeesh2000@ Thirumoolanathan M Kumar - padkum@ Corresponding author Published 29 June 2007 Received 21 December 2006 Journal ofMedical Case Reports 2007 1 37 doi l752-l947-l-37 Accepted 29 June 2007 This article is available from http content l l 37 2007 Rethnam et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract_ Scaphoid stress fractures are rare and can be a cause of wrist pain in sportspersons. All the cases reported in the literature have been sportspersons. Missing a scaphoid stress fracture could lead to non-union of the scaphoid and early degenerative arthritis of the radio-carpal joint. This can cause chronic wrist pain and can reduce the career span of a sportsperson. We report a case of non union of a scaphoid fracture in a cricketer possibly secondary to a stress fracture. Background A 38 year old cricketer presented with a painful right wrist after being knocked by a cricket ball on the volar aspect. There was no history of significant injury to the wrist in the past although he did complain of occasional pain in the wrist for 2 years prior to his presentation. He was a keen cricketer and played at least twice a week for about 10 years. Case presentation On examination there was minimal swelling over the volar radial aspect of .
