A prospective study was undertaken to evaluate the role of radionuclid
e bone scanning in the management of patients with multiple injuries.
During a 7 month period, 14 patients with multiple injuries underwent
a bone scan in order to identify occult skeletal injuries. All of the
patients had new injuries diagnosed. The majority of new injuries occu
rred either in a limb in which an injury had already been diagnosed at
presentation, or in the chest. Such findings are consistent with prev
iously published data. Infrequently, there was a change in management
of the patients in this series following the bone scan.