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Early MRI in the management of clinical scaphoid fracture

Department of Radiology, Western Infirmary, Dumbarton Road, Glasgow G11 6NT

The incidence of MRI detected scaphoid and other wrist fractures was determined in a clinical setting in patients with suspicion of scaphoid injury and negative initial radiographs. The influence on subsequent patient management was examined. Patients attending Accident and Emergency over a 25 month period with suspected scaphoid fracture and normal scaphoid series plain films were referred for wrist MRI. Scans comprising T₁ weighted spin echo and short tau inversion recovery (STIR) coronal sequences were performed in a dedicated extremity low field MRI scanner within 14 days of injury. Subsequent effects on patient management were ascertained by clinician completed questionnaire. 195 patients were scanned. There were 37 scaphoid fractures (19%), 28 distal radius fractures (14%), 9 fractures of other carpal bones (5%) and 119 studies with no fracture. The management of 180 patients (92%) was altered as a result of the MRI scan. Occult fractures are present in almost two fifths of patients with suspected scaphoid fracture and normal initial plain films. Half of these are scaphoid fractures. MRI allows an early definitive diagnosis to be made, changing patient management in over 90% of cases and should be regarded as the gold standard investigation in this population.

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