ArticleClinical cases in mineral and bone metabolism : the official journal of the Italian Society of Osteoporosis, Mineral Metabolism, and Skeletal Diseases2011
The management of sacral stress fractures: current concepts.
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- Postpartum bilateral sacral stress fracture without osteoporosis-a case report and literature review.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2021Review
- Sacral Insufficiency Fractures in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury: A Report of Two Unusual Cases and Review of Literature.Journal of rehabilitation medicine. Clinical communications · 2019Article
- Sacral Insufficiency Fractures : How to Classify?Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society · 2018Article
- [Teriparatide as a therapy approach in sacral insufficiency fractures].Der Unfallchirurg · 2017Article
- Postpartum sacral stress fracture: a case report.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2016Article
- Sacral Stress Fracture Mimicking Lumbar Radiculopathy in a Mounted Police Officer: Case Report and Literature Review.Global spine journal · 2015Article
- Complex sacral fracture.BMJ case reports · 2013Article
- Postpartum sacral stress fracture mimicking lumbar radiculopathy in a patient with pregnancy-associated osteoporosis.Annals of rehabilitation medicine · 2013Article
- [Insufficiency fractures of the pelvic ring].Der Unfallchirurg · 2013Article
- Surgical management of osteoporotic pelvic fractures: a new challenge.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2012Article
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Abstract
Sacral stress fractures are an unusual but curable cause of low-back pain that should be considered in differential diagnosis, particularly in elderly osteoporotic patients. Rarely, they may occur in young women during the last trimester of pregnancy or a few weeks after delivery. Encompassing fatigue and insufficiency fractures, the occurrence of sacral stress fractures appears to be relatively under-reported, because of the general lack of awareness of this condition and the non-specificity of symptoms. Plain radiographs of the pelvis are the first exam performed but they are often inconclusive, whereas MRI and CT scans are the examinations of choice to establish the diagnosis. The purpose of this review is to increase awareness of this condition so that clinicians may consider sacral stress fracture in the differential diagnosis of low-back and pelvic pain, particularly in elderly patients without a history of trauma.
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