Simultaneous Fracture of the Scaphoid and Radius in a Child

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Abstract
A 15-yr-old boy sustained an ipsilateral scaphoid and radius fracture, a combination of injuries that has only received brief mention in previous reports. Closed reduction and cast immobilization produced a satisfactory result. The distal radius injury was a comminuted fracture with a vertical component that extended to the physis without involvement of the epiphysis. The mechanism of injury may have been a severe impact delivered to the base of the hand with the wrist fixed in dorsiflexion, a force that would make a distal radial epiphyseal fracture unlikely.

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