[Mammography--its use in hand surgery]

"Mammography" is a special radiological technique employed for soft tissues. It is possible with this technique to detect microcalcifications in the breast, especially in the soft connective tissue of the mammary gland. In hand surgery it is often a problem to detect and diagnose radiolucent foreign bodies, soft tissue tumors, or even sometimes bone tumors. We have, therefore, on the basis of our special experience in "Mammography of the Tendo achilles" developed a similar technique for soft tissue diagnosis in hand surgery. In this study we give the exposure technique and four examples of this special investigation in osteoid osteoma, injuries with glass particles of a finger-joint, an explosion injury of the hand and an assessment of a glass injury of the soft tissues.