Comparison of MRI, CT and bone scintigraphy for suspected scaphoid fractures

• Published in: European journal of trauma and emergency surgery (Munich : 2007) Vol. 42; no. 6; pp. 725 - 731
• Main Authors: de Zwart, A. D., Beeres, F. J. P., Rhemrev, S. J., Bartlema, K., Schipper, I. B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.12.2016; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Casts, Surgical; Comparative studies; Critical Care Medicine; Emergency Medicine; Female; Fractures; Fractures, Bone - diagnostic imaging; Fractures, Bone - therapy; Humans; Intensive; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Medical diagnosis; Medical imaging; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Original Article; Positron-Emission Tomography; Radiopharmaceuticals; Scaphoid Bone - diagnostic imaging; Scaphoid Bone - injuries; Sports Medicine; Surgery; Surgical Orthopedics; Technetium Tc 99m Medronate - analogs & derivatives; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Traumatic Surgery; Scaphoid fracture; CT; MRI; Bone scintigraphy

Purpose The best diagnostic modality for confirmation of the diagnosis of a scaphoid fracture that is not visible on the initial radiograph (occult scaphoid fracture) is still subject of debate. The aim of this study was to compare the accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomograph...