The importance of sagittal 2D reconstruction in pelvic and sacral trauma: Avoiding oversight of U-shaped fractures of the sacrum

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1065-1071

  Porrino Jr , Jack A ^a   Kohl, Chad A ^a   Holden, Dean ^a   Taljanovic, Mihra ^a   Rogers, Lee F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Fracture; Sacral; Transverse; Trauma; U shaped

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PELVIS FRACTURE; PELVIS INJURY; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SACRAL INJURY; SACRUM FRACTURE; SPINE FRACTURE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SACRUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77950608954     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3402     Document Type: Article

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