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Is it important to get a cast for a suspected scaphoid fracture?
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Yes: Untreated immobilized scaphoid fractures have a significantly greater risk of not healing and therefore requiring surgery.
Answered 2/17/2015
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Yes: Delay in treatment (ie., not casting or immobilizing) is known to have a deleterious outcome for those that have scaphoid fractures. Better to error on the side of immobilization until a fracture can be definitively diagnosed.
Answered 8/25/2012
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