In summarizing, we wish to stress the following points:
1. In all suspicious cases, and in checking the end results for union, the oblique view is most important. [SEE FIG. 10-A, 10-B IN SOURCE PDF]
2. The final result as shown by the roentgenogram varies between no union, a possible fibrous union, and bony union.
3. The end result should be evaluated by the clinical findings and not by the roentgenograms.
4. The results obtained both by the bone-graft and the bone-peg operations clearly prove that it is no longer necessary to remove the scaphoid.
5. The bone-peg operation, which is much easier to perform, leaves the anatomy undisturbed, the wrist strong and free from disability other than some limitation of dorsal flexion, and the patient satisfied.