title: [Efficiency and efficacy of radiologic diagnosis in skeletal trauma in childhood and adolescence].
abstract: In a retrospective analysis, 2,006 X-ray examinations of the skeleton obtained after trauma in 1,386 children were examined; 354 fractures were diagnosed. X-ray films of the skull were requested in 596 (29.7%); fractures were diagnosed in only 13 patients (2.2%). The radiological result changed the medical management in none of these cases. On the other hand, X-ray after trauma in the extremities is indispensable, except for the knee region. Examinations of the lower arm showed a fracture in 54.9%, X-ray of the shoulder 47.7%.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Radiologische Diagnostik, Klinikum der RWTH Aachen.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Wildberger
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Alzen
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Eschmann
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Günther
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Wirkungsgrad und Wertigkeit radiologischer Diagnostik bei Skeletttraumata im Kindes und Jugendalter.