Sacral insufficiency fractures - Rare complication of pelvic radiation for rectal carcinoma: Report of a case

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 254-257

  Parikh, Virendra A ^a,b   Edlund, James W ^a  

^a Parkview Hospital   (United States)

^b NE Indiana Colon and Rectal Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Insufficiency fractures; Radiation injury effects; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SACRUM; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

AGED; FEMALE; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; PELVIS; RADIOTHERAPY; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SACRUM;

EID: 0031892396     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02238256     Document Type: Article

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