Scaphoid bone waist fractures, acute and chronic: Imaging with different techniques

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 779-786

  Munk, Peter L ^a,c   Lee, Mark J ^a,c   Logan, P Mark ^d   Connell, Douglas G ^b,c   Janzen, Dennis L ^b,c   Poon, Peter Y ^a,c   Worsley, Daniel F ^b,c   Coupland, David ^b,c  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ALGORITHM; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCAPHOID FRACTURE; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031057847     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.168.3.9057534     Document Type: Review

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