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Magnetisk resonans-skanning af os scaphoideum

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4 VIDENSKAB<br />

KONKLUSION<br />

På Regionsh<strong>os</strong>pitalet Horsens vil vi fortsat tilbyde<br />

patienter MR-<strong>skanning</strong> tidligt i forløbet. Da vores undersøgelse<br />

viser, at de ortopædkirurgiske reservelæger<br />

ikke er i stand til at identificere alle <strong>scaphoideum</strong>-frakturer<br />

på MR-<strong>skanning</strong>, vil vi nu i stedet<br />

<strong>af</strong>vente det endelige svar fra radiologisk speciallæge<br />

og derefter kontakte patienterne telefonisk med henblik<br />

på endelige behandling. Ventetiden på beskrivelse<br />

fra radiolog er i dag typisk 1-2 dage. Ved denne<br />

behandlingsalgoritme forventer vi, at patienterne får<br />

endeligt MR-svar og således endelig behandlingsplan<br />

senest 10-14 dage efter skadestidspunktet.<br />

SUMMARY<br />

Charlotte Hartig Andreasen, Mogens Haug & Jens Ole Storm:<br />

Magnetic resonance imaging of the scaphoid bone<br />

Ugeskr Laeger 2010 Mar 15 [Epub ahead of print]<br />

INTRODUCTION: Can junior doctors in orthopaedic surgery<br />

interpret magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of the<br />

scaphoid bone and thereby avoid that patients undergo<br />

unnecessary immobilization and repeated controls?<br />

MATERIAL AND METHODS: Patients suspected of having a<br />

fracture of the scaphoid bone and with a negative x-ray were<br />

included in the study. The MRI was performed within a few days,<br />

and the patient received the results of the MRI the same day in<br />

the ambulatory. The junior doctor had received training in MRI<br />

diagn<strong>os</strong>is and was not allowed to confer with another doctor.<br />

Subsequently, the junior doctor’s medical opinion was reviewed<br />

by a radiologist, and the treatment was adjusted if there was a<br />

discrepancy concerning the diagn<strong>os</strong>is. Among the 98 eligible<br />

patients, 13 had their MRIs reviewed by the junior doctor in<br />

tandem with a specialist; therefore, only 85 patients were<br />

included in the study.<br />

RESULTS: Junior doctors found three out of five scaphoid<br />

fractures and misinterpreted six. Specificity reached 92.5% and<br />

the sensitivity 60%. The junior doctors as well as the radiologists<br />

found 11 fractures of the distal radius that had not been detected<br />

prior to the MRI.<br />

CONCLUSION: We cannot recommend that junior doctors in<br />

orthopaedic surgery interpret MRI scans. Since studies have<br />

showed that is it c<strong>os</strong>t-effective to offer early MRI, we will<br />

continue doing so, but will wait for the final report from the<br />

radiologists before initiating treatment.<br />

KORRESPONDANCE: Charlotte Hartig Andreasen, Anemonevej 204, DK-8700<br />

Horsens. E-mail: hartig@dadlnet.dk<br />

ANTAGET: 3. november 2009<br />

FØRST PÅ NETTET: 15. marts 2010<br />

INTERESSEKONFLIKTER: Ingen<br />

TAKSIGELSER: Tak til Billeddiagn<strong>os</strong>tisk Afdeling, Regionsh<strong>os</strong>pitalet Horsens.<br />

Tak til Gitte Boier Pedersen. Tak til Jens Fedder, Forskningsenheden, Regionsh<strong>os</strong>pitalet<br />

Horsens<br />

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