Because of the effect on hindfoot kinematics, missed or delayed diagnosis of peritalar injuries often results in impairment. The seemingly innocuous nature of these injuries, subtle radiographic findings, and low incidence limit familiarity, thereby increasing the likelihood of misdiagnosis. Because of delay in diagnosis, salvage arthrodesis may be necessary to restore function to the extremity...

OBJECTIVE To determine the incidence of injuries missed in the emergency room (ER) and the factors involved. DESIGN Retrospective. METHOD Of patients with an Hospital trauma index-injury severity score (HTI-ISS) > or = 14 who were treated in 1996 in the ER of the Academic Hospital Utrecht, the Netherlands, it was studied in the computerized database whether injuries had been missed. A misse...

The timing of the repair of divided tendons may be debated but in most cases a clearly divided tendon should be repaired primarily and, whether or not primary repair is indicated, 'the ideal treatment programme is immediate surgery performed by an experienced surgeon' (McGrouther et al., 1990). If a tendon injury is missed, deformity may occur, the patient may need further surgical procedures, ...

BACKGROUND Epidemiological data on the occurrence of time-loss injuries over several A-League seasons remains lacking, while the effect of the mandatory implementation of 'Minimum Medical Standards' as a part of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) needs to be explored. OBJECTIVES To explore the 5 year evolution of hamstring, groin, knee, ankle and total time-loss injuries among professi...

A prospective study of 500 consecutive patients referred from accident and emergency departments in Northern Ireland with acute hand injuries was performed to assess the incidence of missed injuries. An injury was 'missed' if a patient was receiving inappropriate treatment or returned due to persistent symptoms despite being examined, treated and discharged. There were 16 (3.2%) missed injuries...

Missed injuries and delayed diagnosis are still common problems in the treatment of trauma patients especially, polytrauma. Diaphragmatic quite one most important missed injuries. It can result from either blunt or penetrating trauma. Traumatic diaphragmatic (TDI) may go unnoticed initially later present as life-threatening conditions. Here we such a case fatal injury, which was diagnosed durin...

AIM The aim of this study was to investigate retrospectively the multiple injuries prone to be missed in 432 cases. MATERIAL AND METHODS The cases were divided into two groups, i.e., whether the missed injury was found during admission or follow up. The mean ISS value, ratio of patients of cases with GCS < 8, and mortality were calculated and compared. The incidences of missed diagnosis of va...

The sensitivity, positive predictive value, and representativeness of the Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program (CHIRPP) were assessed. Sensitivity was estimated at four centers in June through August 1992, by matching independently identified injuries with those in the CHIRPP database. The positive predictive value was determined by reviewing all "injuries" in the database...