BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Table 3 Location of the hand and inclusion of hand and forearm of that side in the WBCT scan field

From: Detection of fractures of hand and forearm in whole-body CT for suspected polytrauma in intubated patients

	Area inclusion in WBCT	Hand location			p
	Area inclusion in WBCT	Trunk	Thighs	Sides	p
Right hand	Complete	67	31	8	< 0.001
Right hand	Not complete	5	8	13	< 0.001
Right forearm	Complete	58	36	9	< 0.001
Right forearm	Not complete	14	3	12	< 0.001
Left hand	Complete	64	29	9	< 0.001
Left hand	Not complete	10	7	13	< 0.001
Left forearm	Complete	62	36	11	< 0.001
Left forearm	Not complete	12	0	11	< 0.001

The hand and forearms are more often fully included when that respective hand was placed on the trunk. Tests were done using Fisher’s exact test

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