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Assessment of Bone Fracture Healing Using Micro-Computed Tomography
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The prevalence of established scaphoid fracture non-union found on incidental radiography
1Orthopaedic Department, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, UK.
Injury
|March 17, 2000
Abstract:
A hospital radiology reports database was used to determine the prevalence of non-union of scaphoid fractures. Radiographs taken for any indication were used. By using a large number of radiographs, variations attributable to bias were minimised. There was a 0.14% prevalence of established scaphoid fracture non-union in the general population, indicating that unrecognised scaphoid non-union is rare.

