Imaging for Suspected Scaphoid Fracture

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 954-957

  Ring, David ^a   Lozano Calderón, Santiago ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAPHOID FRACTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLINT; WRIST INJURY; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FOOTBALL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; SCAPHOID BONE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 47649125768     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2008.04.016     Document Type: Article

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