The scaphoid is a small bone of the wrist that is located at the base of the thumb, immediately above the radius bone, where the wrist bends. It is seen when the thumb is held in a hitch-hiking or ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. A fracture seems like an obvious kind of injury, the sort of thing anyone can diagnose. It’s usually preceded by some ...