The suspected scaphoid fracture: How useful is a unit policy?

Bulletin: Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 93-95

  N'Dow, James ^a   N'Dow, Kathleen ^a   Maffulli, Nicola ^b   Page, Graham ^a  

^a NHS GRAMPIAN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservative management; Diagnostic algorithms; Scaphoid fracture

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; ORTHOPEDICS; PUBLIC POLICY;

SCAPHOID FRACTURE;

BONE;

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; SCAPHOID FRACTURE;

CARPAL BONES; CASTS, SURGICAL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SCOTLAND;

EID: 0031852066     PISSN: 00185647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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