Commentary: Accuracy of Clinical Examination in Suspected Pediatric Scaphoid Fractures—A Systematic Review
Aneesh Karir, Sydnee Tuckett · 2026
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Aneesh Karir and Sydnee Tuckett write a 2026 commentary on a review of wrist bone breaks in children. The bone is the scaphoid, the most often broken wrist bone in youth. Hidden breaks are hard to spot by hand exam alone. The review they discuss, by Lamanna and co-authors, weighs how well bedside checks find such breaks.
Missing a true break can lead to failed healing, bone death and wrist collapse. Treating all sore wrists as breaks means needless casts and high costs. Across five studies in the review, tenderness in the anatomic snuffbox, a dip by the thumb, was the most checked sign. The pair praise the blend of sparse work and urge better child specific tools to cut both missed breaks and waste.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Aneesh Karir, Sydnee Tuckett |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 4007 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |