Herbert classification
{{Short description|Scaphoid fracture classification system}}
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The Herbert classification is a system of categorizing scaphoid fractures.{{cite journal | title=Scaphoid fractures - diagnosis, classification and therapy |vauthors=Krimmer H, Schmitt R, Herbert T | journal=Unfallchirurg | year=2000 | volume=103 | issue=10 | pages=812–9}}
Classification
| class="wikitable"
! Type ! Description ! ! |
| rowspan="2" | A
| rowspan="2" | Acute/stable | A1 | Tubercle |
| A2
| Nondisplaced waist crack |
| rowspan="5" | B
| rowspan="5" | Acute/unstable | B1 | Oblique/distal third |
| B2
| Displaced waist |
| B3
| Proximal pole |
| B4
| Fracture dislocation |
| B5 |
| C
| colspan="3" | Delayed union |
| rowspan="2" | D
| rowspan="2" | Established non-union | D1 | Fibrous |
| D2
| Sclerotic |
References
External links
{{medical resources
| OB = hand/6034/scaphoid-fracture
| WO = scaphoid_scaphoid_fracture
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