A 24-year-old man presents 3 weeks after slipping on the ice while playing broom ball. He states that he fell on

his outstretched hand and continues to have wrist pain. On exam he has no obvious deformity of the wrist but is ver tender at the anatomical snuffbox. An x-ray shows a hairline fracture through ta small bone proximal to his thumb. You explain to the patient that he will need a rigid splint. What is the mostly likely complication if the splint fails to immobilze his wrist for a sufficient amount of time?

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