Immobilization for scaphoid fracture: forearm rotation in long arm thumb-spica versus Munster thumb-spica casts.

Lawton, Jeffrey N; Nicholls, Mathew A; Charoglu, Constantine P · Orthopedics · 2007

rct · Level II

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Abstract

A Munster thumb-spica cast may play a role in the conservative treatment of non-displaced scaphoid fractures by allowing some elbow motion during the long immobilization period.

Medical subject headings

Anatomy