Large series vindicates early MRI for the diagnosis of wrist pain following trauma

Early MRI in the management of the clinical scaphoid fracture

“…these patients (41%) had radiologically occult injuries diagnosed on MRI and 11% were shown to have a fracture of the scaphoid, though this accounted for only 40% of all fractures. The overall rate of abnormal findings is similar to that found in smaller earlier studies [7][8][9]. However, the rate of scaphoid fractures in this study is lower than that described earlier (11% compared with 13-34% in other smaller studies).…”