Scaphoid tubercle tenderness: a better indicator of scaphoid fractures?
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Scaphoid tubercle tenderness: a better indicator of scaphoid fractures?
Tenderness in the anatomical snuff box (ASB) has long been accepted as an indicator of a possible scaphoid fracture. The longitudinal axis of the scaphoid lies in an anteroposterior plane, perpendicular to the remainder of the carpal bones, in the radially deviated wrist. The scaphoid tubercle can therefore be easily and accurately palpated on the palmar aspect of the radially deviated wrist. T...
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عنوان ژورنال: Emergency Medicine Journal
سال: 1989
ISSN: 1472-0205,1472-0213
DOI: 10.1136/emj.6.1.46