title: Clinical signs in scaphoid fractures.
abstract: In a prospective study we investigated 12 clinical features for scaphoid fractures in 52 patients: 23 in whom a fracture of the scaphoid was diagnosed radiologically and 29 patients in whom a fracture was clinically suspected but could not be confirmed by radiography or scintigraphy. The signs were tested within a few days of injury and again 2 weeks later. None was reliable in diagnosing a scaphoid fracture.
authors.affiliation: Hand Unit, Nottingham University Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Waizenegger
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Barton
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Wastie
mesh_terms: D002348:Carpal Bones / Q000293:injuries*; D005596:Fractures, Closed / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging