The results of a consecutive series of bone-grafting procedures for non-uni
on of scaphoid fractures were assessed in order to investigate whether the
patient's age or the delay between acute fracture and bone-graft surgery in
fluenced the outcome. One hundred and thirty-four patients with a mean foll
ow up of 2.6 years from bone-graft surgery for scaphoid fracture non-union
were assessed for post-operative pain and radiographic evidence of union. N
o association was found between the union rate following surgery and either
the patients' ages or the interval between the original injury and subsequ
ent non-union surgery. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.