[Surgery for pseudarthrosis of the scaphoid bone performed in Hungary 1988].

Authors analyse, based on an all-round inquiry, the operations performed for pseudarthrosis of the scaphoid in 1988. It was found that 344 of 472 operations were reconstructive, 128 palliative. The single types of operation are briefly described. They hint at the fact that the operative treatment of scaphoid pseudarthrosis in Hungary is carried out mostly in Centers.