Limited diagnostic value of macroradiography in suspected scaphoid fractures

Acta Orthop Scand. 1998 Aug;69(4):401-3. doi: 10.3109/17453679808999055.

Abstract

In a prospective study 60, patients having suspected occult scaphoid fractures, but with normal conventional scaphoid radiographs, also underwent macroradiography. Clinical and conventional radiographic follow-up examinations and MRI identified 8 occult scaphoid fractures and 23 nonscaphoid lesions. Macroradiography identified only 50% of the occult scaphoid fractures.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Carpal Bones / injuries*
  • Casts, Surgical
  • Female
  • Fractures, Bone / complications
  • Fractures, Bone / diagnostic imaging*
  • Fractures, Bone / therapy
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Pain / etiology
  • Prospective Studies
  • Radiographic Image Enhancement* / methods
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Single-Blind Method