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Table 2 Missed fractures by anatomic location, calculated per age group and as overall population

From: Radiologic discrepancies in diagnosis of fractures in a Dutch teaching emergency department: a retrospective analysis

 

0 to 14 years

15 to 64 years

65 years and older

Overall

Facial bones

1 (0.7%)

3 (4.5%)

4 (1.4%)

Shoulder

1 (1.3%)

3 (2.1%)

7 (10.4%)

11 (3.8%)

Elbow

22 (28.6%)

15 (10.3%)

37 (12.8%)

Wrist

16 (20.8%)

17 (11.7%)

5 (7.5%)

38 (13.1%)

Hand and fingers

12 (15.6%)

23 (15.9%)

3 (4.5%)

38 (13.1%)

Pelvis and hip

9 (6.2%)

25 (37.3%)

34 (11.8%)

Knee

4 (5.2%)

13 (9%)

2 (3%)

19 (6.6%)

Ankle

9 (11.7%)

20 (13.8%)

8 (11.9%)

37 (12.8%)

Foot

12 (15.6%)

25 (17.2%)

4 (6%)

41 (14.2%)

Thorax

7 (4.8%)

5 (7.5%)

12 (4.2%)

Spine

1 (1.3%)

12 (8.3%)

5 (7.5%)

18 (6.2%)

Total

77 (100%)

145 (100%)

67 (100%)

289 (100%)