Scaphoid or Navicular Bone Fractures

The scaphoid and navicular are two names for the same bone. This small bone is entirely within the wrist joint. (The navicular is now used almost exclusively to describe a bone in the foot). Who gets this fracture? In adolescents and young adults, fracture of this bone is the most common fracture around the wrist. …

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