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Point-of-care ultrasound detection of acute scaphoid fracture
Mark O Tessaro1, Terrance R McGovern, Eitan Dickman
1From the *Division of Emergency Ultrasound, Department of Emergency Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY; and †College of Osteopathic Medicine, Touro University-California, Vallejo, CA.
Abstract:
In cases of traumatic wrist pain, emergency physicians must maintain a high index of suspicion for scaphoid fractures due to their potential for serious complications. A growing body of literature supports the use of point-of-care ultrasonography by emergency physicians in the evaluation of potential fractures. We report a case of a pediatric scaphoid fracture that was initially not visualized on x-ray and was subsequently detected using point-of-care ultrasound in the ED.
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