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Scaphoid fracture

**Scaphoid fracture**
*Classification & external resources*
ICD-10	S62.0
ICD-9	814.x1
eMedicine	emerg/844 radio/747 plastic/318 pmr/127

A Scaphoid fracture (a fracture of the scaphoid bone) is the most common type of wrist fracture.^[1] Scaphoid fractures usually cause pain at the base of the thumb accompanied by swelling in the same area. Treatment depends on the location of the fracture.

References

^ eMedicine - Wrist, Scaphoid Fractures and Complications : Article by Carol A Boles. Retrieved on 2007-07-11.

v • d • e Fractures (Sx2, 800-829)
General	Avulsion fracture · Greenstick fracture · Salter-Harris fractures
Head	Skull fracture · Basilar · Blowout
Vertebral	Cervical · Jefferson · Hangman's · Flexion teardrop · Extension teardrop, Clay-shoveler · Burst · Compression · Wedge · Chance · Hyperextension fracture dislocation
Ribs	Rib fracture · Flail chest
Shoulder, arm and hand	Clavicle · Humerus · Monteggia · Galeazzi · Colles' · Smith's · Barton's · Scaphoid · Rolando · Bennett's · Boxer's
Hip, leg and foot	Hip fracture · Segond · trimalleolar · Bimalleolar · Pott's · Maisonneuve · Lisfranc · Calcaneal · Jones fracture