Scaphoid series (summary)
This is a basic article for medical students and other non-radiologists
A scaphoid series (or scaphoid x-ray) may be performed for a multitude of reasons. However, they are most commonly used in the assessment of trauma, by clinical teams within the Emergency Department or Orthopedic service.
Reference article
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Summary
- indications
- suspicion of bony injury of the scaphoid
- procedure
- AP and oblique views of the wrist
- axial view of the scaphoid (to free it from superimposition)
- two further dedicated views of the scaphoid
- similar series
- wrist series
- distal radius and ulna, carpals and proximal metacarpals
- hand series
- radiocarpal joint to the tips of the fingers
- wrist series
- important pathology
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