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sacral fracture
Etiology:
- trauma
- sacral insufficiency fracture
Clinical manifestations:
- pain worsened with weight-bearing [1]
Radiology:
- X-ray of lumbosacral spine & pelvis
Management:
- sacroplasty reduces low back pain & buttock pain due to sacral insufficiency fractures
Specific
sacral insufficiency fracture; osteoporotic sacral fracture
General
vertebral fracture; spine fracture
References
- Geriatric Review Syllabus, 8th edition (GRS8)
Durso SC and Sullivan GN (eds)
American Geriatrics Society, 2013
- Sacroplasty Safe and Effective for Osteoporotic Fractures of Sacrum
http://www.spine.org/Pages/ConsumerHealth/NewsAndPublicRelations/NewsReleases/AnnualMeetings/2006/SacroplastySafeandEffectiveforOsteoporoticFracturesofSacrum.aspx