Bone Scintigraphy in the Evaluation of Fracture of the Carpal Scaphoid Bone

Authors

  • Poul T. Nielsen
  • Jess Hedeboe
  • Per Thommesen

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3109/17453678308996574

Abstract

The purpose of the present prospective study was to assess the value of 99m-Tc-MDP wrist scintigraphy performed as a routine examination in excluding or detecting carpal scaphoid bone fracture. The following conclusions are drawn: 99m-Tc-MDP wrist scintigraphy is of high sensitivity, but low specificity in the detection of scaphoid bone fractures. the scintigraphy is expedient to exclude scaphoid bone fracture, if performed after secondary clinical and radiographic assessment, and guided by negative scintigrams a reduction of clinical examinations, radiographics and superfluous casting days is achieved.

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Published

1983-02-19

How to Cite

Nielsen, P. T., Hedeboe, J., & Thommesen, P. (1983). Bone Scintigraphy in the Evaluation of Fracture of the Carpal Scaphoid Bone. Acta Orthopaedica, 54(2), 303–306. https://doi.org/10.3109/17453678308996574

Issue

Acta Orthopaedica, Volume 54, Issue 2 (1983)

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Acta Orthopaedica (Scandinavica) content is available freely online as from volume 1, 1930. The journal owner owns the copyright for all material published until volume 80, 2009. As of June 2009, the journal has however been published fully Open Access, meaning the authors retain copyright to their work. As of June 2009, articles have been published under CC-BY-NC or CC-BY licenses, unless otherwise specified.
 
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