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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-7-23
pubmed:abstractText
Undisplaced fractures of the hip can occasionally be difficult to diagnose on radiographs. We performed MRI scans on 33 patients who had post-traumatic painful hips but negative radiographs. Forty per cent of the patients had sustained a fractured neck of femur, 15 per cent had sustained an intertrochanteric fracture and 11 per cent had sustained other fractures around the hip; in one patient a tumour was demonstrated. No fracture was seen in 30 per cent of the patients scanned. MRI is well tolerated by elderly patients in pain, does not involve ionising radiation and provides early and accurate diagnosis in patients with X-ray negative post-traumatic hip pain.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0020-1383
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
29
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
61-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
The role of MRI in the diagnosis of occult hip fractures.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Trauma, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article