Fractures of the fingers missed or misdiagnosed on poorly positioned or poorly taken radiographs: a retrospective study.
Tuncer S, Aksu N, Dilek H, et al. Fractures of the fingers missed or misdiagnosed on poorly positioned or poorly taken radiographs: a retrospective study. J Trauma. 2011;71(3):649-655. doi:10.1097/TA.0b013e3181f2fd0c.
Technically inadequate radiographs were responsible for a significant number of missed diagnoses of finger fractures after hand trauma. The authors of this retrospective study propose recommendations to avert this problem.