Viegas S F
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77550.
Arthroscopy. 1988;4(4):278-81. doi: 10.1016/s0749-8063(88)80044-6.
Osteochondritis dissecans of the carpal scaphoid has been reported only rarely in the literature. A 29-year-old, right-hand-dominant oil-field worker with symptomatic osteochondritis dissecans of the left carpal scaphoid was treated by arthroscopic debridement and drilling of the lesion. Preliminary follow-up at 9 months revealed a dramatic relief in his symptoms.