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- Title
Ultrasound of bone fractures.
- Authors
Qadi, Hammad; Davidson, Juliet; Trauer, Michael; Beese, Richard
- Abstract
The World Health Organisation estimates only 33% of the world's population has local access to diagnostic imaging. Doctors operating in austere locations in Canada and Australia are using point-of-care ultrasound to differentiate between bone injury and soft tissue injury. Studies have demonstrated ultrasound to be a highly sensitive diagnostic tool for bone fracture. We present an ultrasound pictorial review of various bone fractures to demonstrate its value as an extension of the clinical examination in identifying fracture and to support the need for further imaging. Innovative and affordable ultrasound devices have been developed, which will improve accessibility to imaging.
- Subjects
BONES; BONE fractures; ULTRASONIC imaging; WORLD Health Organization; POINT-of-care testing
- Publication
Ultrasound, 2020, Vol 28, Issue 2, p118
- ISSN
1742-271X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1742271X20901824