Acute plain anterioposterior radiograph of the pelvis is not useful in detecting fractures of iliac wing and os sacrum: A prospective study of 73 patients using CT as gold standard

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 147-149

  Lunsjo, K ^a   Tadros, A M A ^b   Hauggaard, A ^c   Blomgren, R ^c   Kopke, J ^c   Abu Zidan, F M ^a,d  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b AL AIN HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^c TAWAM HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^d UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Fracture; Pelvis; Radiography; Skeletal; Spiral CT

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; ILIAC BONE; ILIUM FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; SACRUM; SACRUM FRACTURE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; ILIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACRUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 33947268244     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: 14401673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2007.01684.x     Document Type: Article

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