Sacral Insufficiency Fracture in an Elderly Woman With Hip Pain.

Am J Phys Med Rehabil

From the Departments of Diagnostic Radiology (C-YL, M-TC), and Surgery (Y-IC), National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan, Republic of China.

Published: November 2017

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