Fractures of the scaphoid bone in soldiers]

The conservative treatment and results obtained in the treatment of 30 scaphoid bone fractures in soldiers aging from 18 to 22 years are reported. The immobilization was performed after acute posttraumatic edema, the latest 4 days after injury, first using the plaster splint and then the "plaster gloves." The immobilization lasted two months. The complete healing was achieved in 29 injured and pseudoarthrosis occurred in one case only.