The use of MRI to detect occult fractures of the proximal femur: A study of 102 consecutive cases over a ten-year period

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1064-1068

  Sankey, R A ^a   Turner, J ^a   Lee, J ^a   Healy, J ^a   Gibbons, C E R ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURES, CLOSED; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 68249122557     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.91B8.21959     Document Type: Article

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