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Commonly Missed Fractures in the ED

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Taylor Sittler, MS IV<br />

Gillian Lieberman, MD<br />

Scaphoid Fracture: Epidemiology<br />

Annual <strong>in</strong>cidence is 4.3/10,000<br />

Predom<strong>in</strong>antly young males<br />

Primarily due to fall (classically on an<br />

outstretched hand) or post-trauma<br />

10% associated with o<strong>the</strong>r wrist fracture<br />

Scand J Plast Reconstr Surg Hand Surg. 1999 Dec;33(4):423-6.<br />

Mil Med. 2006 May;171(5):404-8.

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