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Comparison of patients with diagnosed and suspected sacral insufficiency fractures
Hayato Kinoshita1, Naohisa Miyakoshi2, Takashi Kobayashi1
1Akita Kosei Medical Center, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, 1-1-1 Nishibukuro Iijima Akita, Akita, 011-0948, Japan.
Background:
Patients with sacral insufficiency fractures can have a range of symptoms, and because these fractures are difficult to detect using plain radiographs, it can be tough to make a definitive diagnosis of fracture early after injury. The aim of this study was to compare the diagnosis and treatment of patients with known sacral insufficiency fractures to those with suspected insufficiency fractures to clarify the features of sacral insufficiency fractures.
Methods:
We compared patients with sacral insufficiency fractures (S group) to those with suspected insufficiency fractures (N group) using demographic data, symptoms, time to definitive diagnosis, radiological methods, and treatments.
Results:
Patients in the S group were older than those in the N group (p = 0.0042) and showed less localized sacral pain (p = 0.0042). Almost all of the patients in the S group (74%) required magnetic resonance imaging for definitive diagnosis.
Conclusions:
Sacral insufficiency fractures should not be diagnosed based on the site of pain or using plain radiographs. Patient age and magnetic resonance imaging are more informative to obtain a definitive diagnosis of sacral insufficiency fractures.
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