Table 2.

Clinical treatment and follow-up imaging in 157 patients with normal CT for suspected occult scaphoid fracture

		Scaphoid fracture	No scaphoid fracture
All patients		21	157
Men		15	54
Women		6	103
Treatment before CT
	No treatment		24 (15%)
	Scaphoid cast		103 (66%)
	Other cast		21 (13%)
	Missing data		9 (6%)
Treatment after CT
	No treatment		89 (57%)
	Scaphoid cast		24 (15%), median 14 days (4–59 days)
	Other cast		11 (7%), median 12 days (8–21 days)
	Removable splint		13 (8%)
	Surgery for distal radius fracture		2
	Missing data		18 (12%)
Follow-up imaging			28 (18%)
	Radiography		21 (13%), median 156 days (16–898)
	MRI*		12 (8%), median 85 days (8–539 days)
	No follow-up imaging		129

^* Five had both radiography and MRI