U-shaped sacral fracture: An easily missed fracture with high morbidity. A report of two cases

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 677-678

  Hussin, P ^a,b   Chan, C Y W ^a   Saw, L B ^a   Kwan, M K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SACRUM; SCHOOL CHILD; U SHAPED SACRAL FRACTURE;

ADULT; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POLYRADICULOPATHY; SACRUM; SPINAL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 69249126255     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2008.064972     Document Type: Article

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