If you have pain or deep aching on the thumb-side of the wrist, typically after a fall on an outstretched arm, you may have a scaphoid fracture. Other symptoms you might experience include ...

Figure 20. Posteroanterior view of the left wrist. Sclerotic margins at the scaphoid waist fracture indicate the presence of a nonunion. Osteophytosis, cartilage loss, and remodeling are seen at ...

A scaphoid fracture is one of the most common of wrist injuries ... immediately clear that the bone is damaged as the initial symptoms are similar to those of a sprain, including a dull ache ...