Unstable pelvic insufficiency fracture in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatology International

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 46-49

  Hoshino, Yuichi ^b   Doita, Minoru ^a   Yoshikawa, Masaho ^b   Hirayama, Kenichi ^b   Sha, Norihide ^b   Kurosaka, Masahiro ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kanebo Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

External fixation; Insufficiency fracture; Pelvic fracture; Rheumatoid arthritis; Sacral fracture

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; INDOMETACIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MOBILIZATION; MORNING STIFFNESS; PAIN; PELVIC INSUFFICIENCY FRACTURE; PELVIS FRACTURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYMPTOM;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PELVIC PAIN; PELVIS; PUBIC SYMPHYSIS; SACRUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0842308715     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-003-0331-2     Document Type: Article

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