title: Bone scanning in the multiply injured patient.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Royal Hobart Hospital, Australia.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Frawley
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Mills
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Murton
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ware
mesh_terms: 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