Do we really need plain and soft-tissue radiographies to detect radiolucent foreign bodies in the ED?


Turkcuer I., Atilla R., Topacoglu H., Yanturali S., Kiyan S., Kabakci N., ...More

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, vol.24, no.7, pp.763-768, 2006 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

Abstract

Objective: The objective of this study was to compare 3 imaging techniques-p lain radiography, soft-tissue radiography, and ultrasonography-in detecting nonradiopaque foreign bodies in soft tissue.