Comparative study between Arthroscopic bone grafting to nonvascularized bone grafting for nonunion of the scaphoid fracture: A Randomized Control Trial

Study hypothesis: Arthroscopic bone grafting in non-union of scaphoid fracture will lead to early union compared to nonvascularized iliac bone grafting in non-union of the scaphoid fracture. The carpal scaphoid is the commonest of carpal bones to be fractured and accounts for more than 60% of all carpal fractures presented. Its small size and orientation make it difficult to image, and hence a fracture may be missed. Wrist osteoarthritis invariably occurs if a scaphoid fracture does not unite. Furthermore, as this fracture mostly occurs in young men, the socioeconomic consequences are considerable.    Thus in scaphoid fractures with nonunion, the timely restoration of scaphoid architecture is most important to prevent the progression of carpal collapse, the occurrence of wrist arthritis, and motion deficits, thus in our study we are going to compare the timeline for union in these two standard procedures i.e arthroscopic bone grafting to nonvascularized  iliac bone grafting in nonunion scaphoid fractures, where it is anticipated that arthroscopic bone grafting comes out to be having the earliest time for union