[Experience with the Ender hooked plate in the management of 42 scaphoid pseudarthroses].

To treat the pseudarthrosis of scaphoid, there exist many operative procedures. We describe the method of H. G. Ender: A hook plate fixes the main bone fragments and exerts a pressure on the in-between lying bone transplant. We report on 42 patients operated on using the Ender-plate. In 39 cases a follow-up was possible. 95% of the patients had a consolidation of the bone, in two cases a further operation was required. 36 patients complained preoperatively of pain during exercise and only seven patients had the same complaints after the operation. In some cases, a minor reduction of the motion had to be taken into account to achieve painfree movement.