Bone scanning in the multiply injured patient.
A prospective study was undertaken to evaluate the role of radionuclide bone scanning in the management of patients with multiple injuries. During a 7 month period, 14 patients with multiple injuries underwent a bone scan in order to identify occult skeletal injuries. All of the patients had new injuries diagnosed. The majority of new injuries occurred either in a limb in which an injury had already been diagnosed at presentation, or in the chest. Such findings are consistent with previously published data. Infrequently, there was a change in management of the patients in this series following the bone scan.
Frawley
P A
PA
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Royal Hobart Hospital, Australia.
Mills
J A
JA
Murton
F
F
Ware
R
R
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging