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Nonunion was defined as no evidence of union on plain radiography or CT more than 3 months after injury. Three-dimensional models of scaphoid fractures were created from the preoperative CT of all cases, and volumes were measured. Other patient characteristics, surgical methods, and imaging were investigated.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n          Results\u2003Persistent nonunion was observed in 13 patients after surgery, a rate of 16.7%. A multivariate analysis showed that only the proximal fragment ratio was an independent factor (union group 0.94, persistent nonunion group 0.54, p\u2009=\u20090.03). Receiver operating characteristic analysis showed that a proximal fragment ratio less than 0.66 was associated with persistent nonunion.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n          Conclusion\u2003Treatment of scaphoid nonunion with a small proximal fragment ratio should be based on a thorough understanding of the anatomy, blood flow, and carpal kinematics of the scaphoid bone itself.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n          Level of Evidence\u2003Level IV, prognostic study.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/s-0044-1779286","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,1,31]],"date-time":"2024-01-31T23:55:33Z","timestamp":1706745333000},"page":"226-232","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["A Small Ratio of Proximal to Distal Bone Fragments Is a Risk Factor for Scaphoid Nonunion: A Volumetric Analysis of Preoperative CT"],"prefix":"10.1055","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Hirotaka","family":"Sugiura","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Human Enhancement and Hand Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Masahiro","family":"Tatebe","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Human Enhancement and Hand Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hidemasa","family":"Yoneda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Human Enhancement and Hand Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Takanobu","family":"Nishizuka","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nagoya Hand Surgery Center, Chunichi Hospital, Naka-ku, Nagoya, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Akimasa","family":"Morita","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Suzuka Kaisei Hospital, Suzuka, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Michiro","family":"Yamamoto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Human Enhancement and Hand Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"194","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,1,31]]},"reference":[{"issue":"07","key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"676","DOI":"10.1177\/1753193419841278","article-title":"The outcome of bone graft surgery for nonunion of fractures of the scaphoid","volume":"44","author":"M B Ammori","year":"2019","journal-title":"J Hand Surg Eur Vol"},{"issue":"04","key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"685","DOI":"10.1053\/jhsu.2002.34372","article-title":"Treatment of scaphoid nonunions: quantitative meta-analysis of the literature","volume":"27","author":"G A Merrell","year":"2002","journal-title":"J Hand Surg Am"},{"issue":"09","key":"ref3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1797","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jhsa.2015.05.003","article-title":"Treatment of scaphoid nonunion: a systematic review of the existing evidence","volume":"40","author":"R M Pinder","year":"2015","journal-title":"J Hand Surg Am"},{"issue":"03","key":"ref4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"252","DOI":"10.1016\/J.JHSB.2005.12.010","article-title":"Failure of surgery for scaphoid non-union is associated with smoking","volume":"31","author":"C P Little","year":"2006","journal-title":"J Hand Surg [Br]"},{"issue":"09","key":"ref5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"854","DOI":"10.1016\/j.injury.2006.04.120","article-title":"Most scaphoid non-unions heal with bone chip grafting and Kirschner-wire fixation. 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