Use of early magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of occult scaphoid fractures: The CAST Study (Canberra Area Scaphoid Trial)

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 1209, 2005, Pages

  Kumar, Sashi ^a   O'Connor, Alan ^a   Despois, Mervyn ^a   Galloway, Howard ^a  

^a CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIUS FRACTURE; SCAPHOID FRACTURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY; ALGORITHM; FRACTURE; INJURY; PATHOLOGY; PLASTER CAST; RADIOGRAPHY; SCAPHOID BONE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CASTS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, CLOSED; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCAPHOID BONE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 17844365874     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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