Injuries missed on radiograph
Area | Fractures | Dislocation | Other | Specific injury | Notes | |
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Shoulder | 23 | 3 | Clavicle | 12 | ||
Elbow | 49 | 24 | Radial head | 27 | ||
Supracondylar | 12 | |||||
Haemarthrosis | 24 | |||||
Forearm | 2 | |||||
Wrist | 109 | 1 | 5 | Distal radius | 24 | includes styloid and epiphysis |
Greenstick (G/S) radius | 46 | |||||
Scaphoid | 16 | includes tubercle | ||||
Triquetrum | 12 | mostly chip #s | ||||
Hand | 143 | 2 | Base of 5th metacarpal | 12 | ||
Other metacarpals | 12 | |||||
Thumb | 23 | |||||
Proximal phalanx of finger | 27 | 18 G/S # | ||||
Volar plate fracture | 31 | |||||
Hip | 31 | Neck of femur | 8 | |||
One or more pubic rami | 17 | 2 pathological | ||||
Femur | 2 | 2 | ||||
Knee | 25 | 2 | Tibial plateau | 10 | ||
Leg | 2 | Tibia | 2 | |||
Ankle | 108 | Lateral malleollus | 26 | 8 epiphyseal | ||
Calcaneum | 14 | |||||
Avulsion #s | 55 | |||||
Foot | 62 | 2 | Base of 5th metatarsal | 14 | ||
Other metatarsal | 24 | |||||
Toe | 24 | |||||
Skull | 17 | Linear skull # | 15 | |||
Compound depressed # | 2 | |||||
Spine | 23 | Odontoid # | 1 | |||
Jefferson # | 1 | |||||
Crush # dorsal or lumbar spine | 12 | |||||
Face | 16 | Zygoma (including arch) | 11 | |||
Chest and abdomen | 12 | 1 | Liver laceration on computed tomography | 1 |