Commonly Missed Fractures in the ED
Commonly Missed Fractures in the ED
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.