A prospective study was undertaken of fifty-one patients who were randomly assigned to treatment with either a long or a short thumb-spica cast for a non-displaced fracture of the carpal scaphoid. The duration of follow-up was at least until union; the average follow-up was twelve months. ...
Comparison of short and long thumb- spica casts for non-displaced fractures of the carpal scaphoid. J Bone Joint Surg Am 1989, 71:354-7Gellman H, Caputo RJ, Carter V, Aboulafia A, McKay M. Comparison of short and long thumb-spica casts for non-dis- placed fractures of the carpal...