Treatment of scaphoid nonunion

Abstract

The patient was identified in the°preoperative holding area. The affected extremity was marked. The patient was brought to the operating room and placed supine on the operating table with a bump under his/her l/r flank. A tourniquet was applied on the R/L upper arm. After adequate anesthesia was obtained, the R/L upper extremity and the R/L flank were sterilely prepped and draped. The limb was exsanguinated with an Esmarch bandage and tourniquet inflated to 250 mmHg.