Purpose. The purpose of this retrospective study was to determine whether high-resolution sonography can aid in the diagnosis of radiographically occult fractures in the foot and ankle. Methods. High-resolution sonography with a 10-MHz linear-array transducer was performed in 268 patients with foot
Sonographic detection of occult bone fractures
β Scribed by M. Graif; V. Stahl-Kent; T. Ben-Ami; S. Strauss; Y. Amit; Y. Itzchak
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 959 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0301-0449
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