Clinical signs in scaphoid fractures.
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.
Waizenegger
M
M
Hand Unit, Nottingham University Hospital, UK.
Barton
N J
NJ
Davis
T R
TR
Wastie
M L
ML
D002348:Carpal Bones / Q000293:injuries*; D005596:Fractures, Closed / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging