Extracorporeal shockwave therapy for the treatment of scaphoid delayed union in a tennis player: A case report.

Ryota Shimozono, Tetsuya Nakatani, Yuji Hiroshima, Masafumi Takeuchi, Takafumi Onga

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Article in Trauma case reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Clinical investigation of extracorporeal shock wave therapy combined with kinesitherapy on the treatment of delayed union of tibia and fibula fractures.American journal of translational research · 2025
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Ryota ShimozonoDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nakatani Orthopaedic Surgery Hospital, 105 Shinzaike, Hiraoka, Kakogawa, 675-0101, Japan.

Tetsuya NakataniDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nakatani Orthopaedic Surgery Hospital, 105 Shinzaike, Hiraoka, Kakogawa, 675-0101, Japan.

Yuji HiroshimaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nakatani Orthopaedic Surgery Hospital, 105 Shinzaike, Hiraoka, Kakogawa, 675-0101, Japan.

Masafumi TakeuchiDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nakatani Orthopaedic Surgery Hospital, 105 Shinzaike, Hiraoka, Kakogawa, 675-0101, Japan.

Takafumi OngaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nakatani Orthopaedic Surgery Hospital, 105 Shinzaike, Hiraoka, Kakogawa, 675-0101, Japan.

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Abstract

Operative procedures are considered the gold standard when treating delayed union or non-union of the scaphoid despite their considerable complexity and the risk of intraoperative complications. Although extracorporeal shockwave therapy has been reported as a non-invasive treatment option for non-union cases, only a few papers on delayed union or non-union of the scaphoid have been published. A 57-year-old man with delayed union of a scaphoid fracture was treated with extracorporeal shockwave therapy and showed complete bone healing with promising results two months after the start of treatment without undergoing surgery. This result indicated that extracorporeal shockwave therapy could be an option for treating delayed union of scaphoid fractures.

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Delayed unionFocused extracorporeal shockwave therapyMedium-low energyScaphoid

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PMID35345782

DOI10.1016/j.tcr.2022.100642

PMCPMC8956804

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