Diagnosis and management of scaphoid fractures

American Family Physician

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 879-884

  Phillips, T Grant ^a   Reibach, Andrew M ^a   Slomiany, W Paul ^a  

^a Washington Hosp Fam Pract R   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTHRITIS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FAMILY MEDICINE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT DISLOCATION; JOINT INJURY; LUNATE BONE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASTER CAST; RADIOULNAR JOINT; RADIUS FRACTURE; REVIEW; SCAPHOID FRACTURE; TENOSYNOVITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SCAPHOID BONE;

EID: 4444299427     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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