Occult fractures of the scaphoid: The diagnostic usefulness and indirect economic repercussions of radiography versus magnetic resonance scanning

Journal of Hand Surgery: European Volume

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 810-813

  Kukla, C ^a   Gaebler, C ^a   Breitenseher, M J ^a   Trattnig, S ^a   Vecsei V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCAPHOID FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARPAL BONES; COST OF ILLNESS; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031457672     PISSN: 17531934     EISSN: 20436289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-7681(97)80455-X     Document Type: Article

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