Background: Articular screw penetration is one of the most common hardware-related problems after scaphoid fracture fixation, occurring in up to two-thirds of patients, in particular into the scaphotrapezotrapezoidal (STT) joint. The aim of this study was to investigate whether this clinically important issue could be detected using standard anteroposterior (AP) and lateral, as well as additional nonstandard fluoroscopic views using direct open visualization with magnifying loupes as reference standard.
Materials And Methods: Ten fresh cadaver wrists were used for this imaging study. A 2.2 mm cannulated compression screws with a length of 24 mm was placed in the scaphoid and incrementally left to protrude at the STT joint up to 2 mm. Eight fluoroscopic views of the wrist were then obtained by rotating the forearm using goniometric measurements, keeping the image beam parallel to the floor: (1) anteroposterior with the wrist in neutral rotation, (2) anteroposterior with the wrist in ulnar deviation, (3) supinated oblique 60° from neutral (60° supinated oblique), (4) supinated oblique 45° from neutral (45° supinated oblique), (5) a true lateral, (6) a true lateral with the wrist in radial deviation, (7) pronated oblique 45° from neutral (45° pronated oblique), and (8) a pronated oblique 60° from neutral (60° pronated oblique).
Results: Standard anteroposterior and lateral fluoroscopy views (radiographically calibrated) of a percutaneous cannulated screw fixation of a scaphoid fracture were insufficient to detect distal articular penetration, missing half the amount of screw penetrations in the current study. The 45° pronated oblique view was found as the most sensitive in detecting STT penetration (p < 0.0001).
Conclusions: Standard anteroposterior and lateral fluoroscopy views of a percutaneous cannulated screw fixation of a scaphoid waist fracture are insufficient to detect STT screw penetration. According to the current study, standard views would have missed half the amount of screw penetrations, which seems to reflect the high incidence of this problem in current practice. The most sensitive view was the 45° pronated oblique view, which detected STT screw penetration in all cases. Level of Evidence Not applicable.
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