Imaging and treatment of sacral insufficiency fractures

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 201-210

  Lyders, E M ^a   Whitlow, C T ^a   Baker, M D ^a   Morris, P Pearse ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

AGED; ANALGESIA; BED REST; BIOMECHANICS; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; KYPHOPLASTY; NEURITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PAIN; PATIENT SAFETY; PELVIS FRACTURE; PELVIS SURGERY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REVIEW; SACROPLASTY; SACRUM INSUFFICIENCY FRACTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WALKING AID;

HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; SACRUM; SPINAL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 76749155036     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1666     Document Type: Review

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