Factors influencing the outcome of bone grafting surgery for scaphoid fracture non-union

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.