Radiologists have outperformed AI in identifying bone fractures in CT scans, a recent study found. The study, published in the September 2024 issue of Elsevier, had radiologists and an AI solution ...

The diagnostic work-up of patients who suffer pelvic fracture includes pelvic CT to detect arterial hemorrhage and conventional retrograde urethrography or cystography to detect lower-urinary-tract ...

When trauma patients receive a computed tomography (CT) scan of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis, a technique called CT spine reformatting eliminates the need for X-rays of the thoracic and/or lumbar ...

Would you know if you had a pelvic fracture? Commonly confused with a hip injury, a broken pelvis is seen in two primary populations: patients with life-threatening injuries and older patients who ...

A pelvic fracture is a break in one or more of the bones in the pelvis. This includes the sacrum, coccyx, ilium, ischium, and pubis. The type of pelvic fracture a person has may depend on the trauma ...

The anterior intrapelvic approach or modified Stoppa approach for the treatment of pelvic and acetabular fractures has been gaining popularity. This approach now rivals the ilioinguinal approach as ...

In a severe traumatic pelvic fracture, the sheering forces of the trauma or pieces of the broken pelvic bones can lacerate or tear the urinary system. This type of trauma can range in its severity and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In September 2018, the McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston altered its imaging protocol for acute, ...

Pelvic fracture symptoms depend on the severity of the break but can include groin pain and trouble walking. Severe breaks can involve loss of consciousness and internal bleeding. Most pelvic ...