Comparison of conventional radiography and MDCT in suspected scaphoid fractures
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Comparison of conventional radiography and MDCT in suspected scaphoid fractures. / Behzadi, Cyrus; Karul, Murat; Henes, Frank Oliver; Laqmani, Azien; Catalá-Lehnen, Philip; Lehmann, Wolfgang; Nagel, Hans-Dieter; Adam, Gerhard; Regier, Marc.
In: World J Radiol, Vol. 7, No. 1, 28.01.2015, p. 22-7.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Comparison of conventional radiography and MDCT in suspected scaphoid fractures
AU - Behzadi, Cyrus
AU - Karul, Murat
AU - Henes, Frank Oliver
AU - Laqmani, Azien
AU - Catalá-Lehnen, Philip
AU - Lehmann, Wolfgang
AU - Nagel, Hans-Dieter
AU - Adam, Gerhard
AU - Regier, Marc
PY - 2015/1/28
Y1 - 2015/1/28
N2 - AIM: To determine the diagnostic accuracy and radiation dose of conventional radiography and multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) in suspected scaphoid fractures.METHODS: One hundred twenty-four consecutive patients were enrolled in our study who had suffered from a wrist trauma and showed typical clinical symptoms suspicious of an acute scaphoid fracture. All patients had initially undergone conventional radiography. Subsequent MDCT was performed within 10 d because of persisting clinical symptoms. Using the MDCT data as the reference standard, a fourfold table was used to classify the test results. The effective dose and impaired energy were assessed in order to compare the radiation burden of the two techniques. The Wilcoxon test was performed to compare the two diagnostic modalities.RESULTS: Conventional radiography showed 34 acute fractures of the scaphoid in 124 patients (42.2%). Subsequent MDCT revealed a total of 42 scaphoid fractures. The sensitivity of conventional radiography for scaphoid fracture detection was 42.8% and its specificity was 80% resulting in an overall accuracy of 59.6%. Conventional radiography was significantly inferior to MDCT (P < 0.01) concerning scaphoid fracture detection. The mean effective dose of MDCT was 0.1 mSv compared to 0.002 mSv of conventional radiography.CONCLUSION: Conventional radiography is insufficient for accurate scaphoid fracture detection. Regarding the almost negligible effective dose, MDCT should serve as the first imaging modality in wrist trauma.
AB - AIM: To determine the diagnostic accuracy and radiation dose of conventional radiography and multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) in suspected scaphoid fractures.METHODS: One hundred twenty-four consecutive patients were enrolled in our study who had suffered from a wrist trauma and showed typical clinical symptoms suspicious of an acute scaphoid fracture. All patients had initially undergone conventional radiography. Subsequent MDCT was performed within 10 d because of persisting clinical symptoms. Using the MDCT data as the reference standard, a fourfold table was used to classify the test results. The effective dose and impaired energy were assessed in order to compare the radiation burden of the two techniques. The Wilcoxon test was performed to compare the two diagnostic modalities.RESULTS: Conventional radiography showed 34 acute fractures of the scaphoid in 124 patients (42.2%). Subsequent MDCT revealed a total of 42 scaphoid fractures. The sensitivity of conventional radiography for scaphoid fracture detection was 42.8% and its specificity was 80% resulting in an overall accuracy of 59.6%. Conventional radiography was significantly inferior to MDCT (P < 0.01) concerning scaphoid fracture detection. The mean effective dose of MDCT was 0.1 mSv compared to 0.002 mSv of conventional radiography.CONCLUSION: Conventional radiography is insufficient for accurate scaphoid fracture detection. Regarding the almost negligible effective dose, MDCT should serve as the first imaging modality in wrist trauma.
U2 - 10.4329/wjr.v7.i1.22
DO - 10.4329/wjr.v7.i1.22
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 25628802
VL - 7
SP - 22
EP - 27
JO - World J Radiol
JF - World J Radiol
SN - 1949-8470
IS - 1
ER -