TY - JOUR AU - Dias, Joseph AU - Brealey, Stephen AU - Choudhary, Surabhi AU - Cook, Liz AU - Costa, Matthew AU - Fairhurst, Caroline AU - Hewitt, Catherine AU - Hodgson, Stephen AU - Jefferson, Laura AU - Jeyapalan, Kanagaratnam AU - Keding, Ada AU - Leighton, Paul AU - Rangan, Amar AU - Richardson, Gerry AU - Rothery, Claire AU - Taub, Nicholas AU - Thompson, John AU - Torgerson, David PY - 2016 DA - 2016/06/04 TI - Scaphoid Waist Internal Fixation for Fractures Trial (SWIFFT) protocol: a pragmatic multi-centre randomised controlled trial of cast treatment versus surgical fixation for the treatment of bi-cortical, minimally displaced fractures of the scaphoid waist in adults JO - BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders SP - 248 VL - 17 IS - 1 AB - A scaphoid fracture is the most common type of carpal fracture affecting young active people. The optimal management of this fracture is uncertain. When treated with a cast, 88 to 90 % of these fractures unite; however, for the remaining 10-12 % the non-union almost invariably leads to arthritis. The alternative is surgery to fix the scaphoid with a screw at the outset. SN - 1471-2474 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-016-1107-7 DO - 10.1186/s12891-016-1107-7 ID - Dias2016 ER -