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The use of the Statscan digital X-ray unit in paediatric polytrauma

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We present a 3-year review of clinical paediatric experience with the Statscan (Lodox Systems, Johannesburg, South Africa), a low-dose, digital, whole-body, slit-scanning X-ray machine. While focusing on the role of the unit in paediatric polytrauma, insight into its applications in other paediatric settings is provided.

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  1. Jim C. H. Wilde

    Present address: Paediatric Surgical Centre of Amsterdam, Emma Children’s Hospital, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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  1. Division of Paediatric Radiology, Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital, School of Child and Adolescent Health, University of Cape Town, Klipfontein Road, Rondebosch, Cape Town, 7800, South Africa

    Richard D. Pitcher

  2. Division of Paediatric Surgery, Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital, School of Child and Adolescent Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

    Jim C. H. Wilde & Arjan Bastiaan van As

  3. MRC/UCT Medical Imaging Research Unit, Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

    Tania S. Douglas

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Pitcher, R.D., Wilde, J.C.H., Douglas, T.S. et al. The use of the Statscan digital X-ray unit in paediatric polytrauma. Pediatr Radiol 39, 433–437 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-008-1053-0

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