Spontaneous osteoporotic fractures of the sacrum causing neurological damage. Report of three cases

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 97, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2002, Pages 380-385

  Finiels, Pierre Jacques ^a   Finiels, Hélène ^a   Strubel, Denise ^a   Jacquot, Jean Marc ^a  

^a Polyclinique Chirurgicale Kennedy   (France)

Author keywords

Fracture; Neurological complication; Osteoporosis; Sacrum

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; TECHNETIUM 99M;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; OVARY CANCER; PARESTHESIA; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRUM; SPINE FRACTURE; URINE INCONTINENCE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; SACRUM; SPINAL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0036775074     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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