%0 Journal Article
%T How Trustworthy Are Clinical Examinations and Plain Radiographs for Diagnosis of Scaphoid Fractures?
%A Mohammad Kazem Emami-Meibodi
%A Mohammad Reza Ghane
%A Mohammad Saeid Rezaee-Zavareh
%A Vahid Dehghani
%J Archive of "Trauma Monthly".
%D 2016
%R 10.5812/traumamon.23345
%X Sometimes patients with a scaphoid fracture, especially in an acute phase of injury, can have normal radiographs and, therefore, initial diagnosis of the scaphoid fracture may be neglected. In this study, we determined the value in of clinical examination and a radiograph in the diagnosis of scaphoid fracture based on the results of a two-week follow-up magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
%K Scaphoid Bone
%K Fractures
%K Physical Examination
%K Magnetic Resonance Imaging
%K X-ray Film
%K Diagnosis
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5292021/