Are occult fractures of the hip and pelvic ring mutually exclusive?

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1344-1346

  Lakshmanan, P ^a,b,d   Sharma, A ^a   Lyons, K ^a   Peehal, J P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NEW CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS FRACTURE; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRUM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FRACTURES, CLOSED; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PELVIC BONES; PUBIC BONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 36349001683     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.89B10.19539     Document Type: Article

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