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Reporting of vertebral fragility fractures: can radiologists help reduce the number of hip fractures?

SUMMARY: Patients with osteoporotic vertebral fractures are at increased risk of hip fracture. In a cohort of hip fracture patients, many had previous imaging studies showing incidental vertebral fractures. Fifty-four percent of fractures were not reported by the radiologist, highlighting a missed o...

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Autores principales: Mitchell, R. M., Jewell, P., Javaid, M. K., McKean, D., Ostlere, S. J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer London 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5547187/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28785996
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11657-017-0363-y