L5 radiculopathy due to sacral stress fracture

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 590-593

  Aylwin, Anthony ^a   Saifuddin, Asif ^a   Tucker, Stuart ^a  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CT; MRI; Radiculopathy; Sacrum; Stress fracture

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BUTTOCK; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIOSTEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; SACRUM; SPINE FRACTURE; STRESS FRACTURE; SYMPTOM;

AGED; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; RADICULOPATHY; SACRUM; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 0142125806     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-003-0662-9     Document Type: Article

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