EFFICIENCY AND EFFICACY OF RADIOGRAPHY AF TER SKELETAL TRAUMA IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

Authors
WILDBERGER JE ALZEN G ESCHMANN SM GUNTHER RW
Citation
Je. Wildberger et al., EFFICIENCY AND EFFICACY OF RADIOGRAPHY AF TER SKELETAL TRAUMA IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS, Radiologe, 35(6), 1995, pp. 397-400
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Radiologe → ACNP
ISSN journal
0033832X
Volume
35
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
397 - 400
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-832X(1995)35:6<397:EAEORA>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
In a retrospective analysis, 2.006 X-ray examinations of the skeleton obtained after trauma in 1.386 children were examined; 354 fractures w ere diagnosed. X-ray films of the skull were requested in 596 (29.7 %) ; fractures were diagnosed in only 13 patients (2.2 %). The radiologic al result changed the medical management in none of these cases. On th e other hand, X-ray after trauma in the extremities is indispensable, except for the knee region. Examinations of the lower arm showed a fra cture in 54.9 %, X-ray of the shoulder 47.7 %.