The scaphoid is a peanut shaped bone on the thumb side of the wrist. When a fall on an outstretched hand (FOOSH) occurs, the patient can break the scaphoid and cause a significant orthopedic injury.

For more information on wrist injuries and the AVN of the scaphoid, see your local orthopedic surgeon. Mark McDonald is a physical therapist with 34 years of practice in the Sterling community.

Higgins says sometimes vascularized bone grafting doesn't go far enough to preserve function of the wrist. That's because the scaphoid bone is normally covered with cartilage, to protect the bone ...

A typical recovery time for a scaphoid bone injury is four to six weeks. Early word from a source on Kayvon Thibodeaux's expected timeline from surgery on the broken schapoid bone in his wrist: 4 ...

The scaphoid bone is one of the eight small bones in the wrist. It helps coordinate motion and stability in the wrist joint. Thibodeaux suffered the injury in the win over the Seahawks and was ...

Thibodeaux fractured his scaphoid bone and had it repaired during Wednesday’s surgery. That small bone is located on the thumb side of the wrist, at the base of the hand.

Washington Capitals forward Joe Snively had wrist surgery, the team announced Sunday. The Capitals said that the procedure “to address the scaphoid bone on his left wrist” was successful and ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A United States Air Force pilot was awarded about $10 million dollars after a Las Vegas jury found his surgeon removed a bone in his wrist, which caused a number of complications.

Sports Timberwolves center Naz Reid out indefinitely with broken wrist The Timberwolves announced Friday that an MRI revealed a fractured scaphoid bone in Reid's left wrist. Credit: AP ...

New York Giants star pass rusher Kayvon Thibodeaux underwent wrist surgery to repair a fractured scaphoid bone and will be "week-to-week" with the injury, according to head coach Brian Daboll.

Cato native Regan Smith says the broken bone in his left wrist is getting better and should be a nonfactor in the Sprint Cup race Saturday night at Daytona. The injury occurred June 20 at Sonoma ...

Instead, let's talk about Doumit's broken right scaphoid bone. He definitely did not pick the ideal thing to break. Here's Pittsburgh general manager Neal Huntington, via the team's website: ...