Diagnosis and management of scaphoid fractures: a literature review
David Hunter Senior staff nurse and emergency nurse practitioner, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley
David Hunter examines how a review of the literature can help inform emergency nurses
The scaphoid is the most frequently fractured carpal bone, accounting for 71per cent of all carpal bone fractures and between 2 and 7per cent of all orthopaedic fractures (McNally etal 2004).
Emergency Nurse.
13, 7, 22-26.
doi: 10.7748/en2005.11.13.7.22.c1198
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