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Had scaphoid surgery 8 months ago vbg khulmann.ct scan- completely united on the volar aspect. ununited dorsally- lucency seen. should i be concerned?
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Depends: you need 50% of the cross sectional area of the fracture site to be healed for it to behave as though it is fully healed. It depends on how big the dorsal lucency is.
Answered 12/9/2014
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