Use of Multislice CT for Investigation of Occult Geriatric Hip Fractures and Impact on Timing of Surgery

Introduction: The National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines in the United Kingdom recommend magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as the first-line investigation for radiographically occult hip fractures, if available within 24 hours. In our department, however, multislice computeri...

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Main Authors: John Williams MRCS, Felix Allen MBBS, Marta Kedrzycki MRCS, Yathish Shenava FRCS (Tr & orth), Renu Gupta FRCR
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-01-01
Series:Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2151459318821214