Superiority of MRI for Evaluation of Sacral Insufficiency Fracture.
Taro YamauchiSagar SharmaSarath ChandraMasato TanakaYoshihiro FujiwaraShinya AratakiAyush SharmaYusuke YokoyamaToshinori OomoriAkihiro KanamaruShin MasudaNoriyuki ShimizuKenta TorigoeOsamu HondaPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2022)
an MRI of the lumbar spine including the sacrum with a coronal fat-suppressed T2-weighted image is useful for elderly patients with suddenly increasing low back pain at an early stage. This procedure improves an early SIF detection, recognition of concomitant pathologies, and adequate treatment for the patients.
Keyphrases
- contrast enhanced
- early stage
- end stage renal disease
- magnetic resonance imaging
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- adipose tissue
- magnetic resonance
- diffusion weighted imaging
- prognostic factors
- computed tomography
- minimally invasive
- patient reported outcomes
- middle aged
- combination therapy
- rectal cancer
- sentinel lymph node
- replacement therapy
- network analysis