Is magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) necessary to exclude occult hip fracture?

Injury

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1204-1208

  Hossain, M ^a   Barwick, C ^a   Sinha, A K ^a   Andrew, J G ^a  

^a YSBYTY GWYNEDD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

MRI scan; Occult hip fracture; Undisplaced femoral neck fracture

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BONE PAIN; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; FALLING; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FIBROMYALGIA; HIP FRACTURE; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MOBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STRESS FRACTURE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRACTURES, CLOSED; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34748881173     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2007.04.023     Document Type: Article

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