A comparative analysis of the accuracy, diagnostic uncertainty and cost of imaging modalities in suspected scaphoid fractures

Injury

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 768-774

  Jenkins, Paul J ^a   Slade, Kate ^a   Huntley, James S ^a   Robinson, C Michael ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnostic imaging; Occult scaphoid fracture; Radiology; Scaphoid fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATISTICS; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SCAPHOID FRACTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE; SPORT INJURY; ULTRASOUND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATHLETIC INJURIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCAPHOID BONE; SCOTLAND; SEX FACTORS; WRIST INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 51749125575     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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