U-shaped sacral fracture: An easily missed fracture with high morbidity. A report of two cases.
U-shaped sacral fracture is a very rare injury. This injury is easily missed and the diagnosis is often delayed as it is difficult to detect on the anteroposterior view of the pelvic radiograph. It is highly unstable and neurological injury is common. Two cases of U-shaped sacral fractures are repor...
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| author | Hussin, Paisal Kwan , Mun Keong Saw , Lim Beng Chan, Chris-Yin Wei |
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| description | U-shaped sacral fracture is a very rare injury. This injury is easily missed and the diagnosis is often delayed as it is difficult to detect on the anteroposterior view of the pelvic radiograph. It is highly unstable and neurological injury is common. Two cases of U-shaped sacral fractures are reported here in which the diagnosis was delayed resulting in the late development of cauda equina syndrome. In these two cases, full recoveries were achieved following surgical decompression. A high index of suspicion with proper clinical and radiographic assessments will decrease the incidence of missed diagnosis and prevent the occurrence of delayed neurological deficits.
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| spelling | upm-175452015-09-15T07:52:41Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17545/ U-shaped sacral fracture: An easily missed fracture with high morbidity. A report of two cases. Hussin, Paisal Kwan , Mun Keong Saw , Lim Beng Chan, Chris-Yin Wei U-shaped sacral fracture is a very rare injury. This injury is easily missed and the diagnosis is often delayed as it is difficult to detect on the anteroposterior view of the pelvic radiograph. It is highly unstable and neurological injury is common. Two cases of U-shaped sacral fractures are reported here in which the diagnosis was delayed resulting in the late development of cauda equina syndrome. In these two cases, full recoveries were achieved following surgical decompression. A high index of suspicion with proper clinical and radiographic assessments will decrease the incidence of missed diagnosis and prevent the occurrence of delayed neurological deficits. BMJ Publishing Group 2009 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17545/1/U.pdf Hussin, Paisal and Kwan , Mun Keong and Saw , Lim Beng and Chan, Chris-Yin Wei (2009) U-shaped sacral fracture: An easily missed fracture with high morbidity. A report of two cases. Emergency Medicine Journal, 26 (9). pp. 677-678. ISSN 1472-0205, ESSN: 1472-0213 http://emj.bmj.com/ U-shaped sacral fracture. 10.1136/emj.2008.064972 English |
| spellingShingle | U-shaped sacral fracture. Hussin, Paisal Kwan , Mun Keong Saw , Lim Beng Chan, Chris-Yin Wei U-shaped sacral fracture: An easily missed fracture with high morbidity. A report of two cases. |
| title | U-shaped sacral fracture: An easily missed fracture with high morbidity. A report of two cases. |
| title_full | U-shaped sacral fracture: An easily missed fracture with high morbidity. A report of two cases. |
| title_fullStr | U-shaped sacral fracture: An easily missed fracture with high morbidity. A report of two cases. |
| title_full_unstemmed | U-shaped sacral fracture: An easily missed fracture with high morbidity. A report of two cases. |
| title_short | U-shaped sacral fracture: An easily missed fracture with high morbidity. A report of two cases. |
| title_sort | u-shaped sacral fracture: an easily missed fracture with high morbidity. a report of two cases. |
| topic | U-shaped sacral fracture. |
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