Significance of clinical examination, CT and MRI scan in the diagnosis of posterior pelvic ring fractures

Injury

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 315-319

  Nuchtern J V ^a   Hartel, M J ^a   Henes, F O ^a   Groth, M ^a   Jauch, S Y ^b   Haegele, J ^c   Briem, D ^a   Hoffmann, M ^a   Lehmann, W ^a   Rueger, J M ^a   Grossterlinden L G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical examination; CT; Elderly; MRI; Osteoporosis; Pelvic ring fractures

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PELVIS FRACTURE; POSTERIOR PELVIC RING FRACTURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRA BODY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDY; FRACTURES, BONE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; INJURIES; INJURY SCALE; PATHOLOGY; PELVIC GIRDLE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGED; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PELVIC BONES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 84923094295     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2014.10.050     Document Type: Article

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