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Hip and pelvis

Radiological findings correlate with neurological deficits but not with pain after operatively treated sacral fractures

An 11-year follow-up study of 28 patients

Aron AdelvedDepartment of Orthopaedics, Division of Surgery and Clinical Neuroscience, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevaal;Department of Orthopaedics, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, NorwayCorrespondence[email protected]
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Anna TöttermanDepartment of Orthopaedics, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Johan C HellundDepartment of Radiology, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevaal
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Thomas GlottDepartment of Spinal Cord Injury and Multitrauma Unit, Sunnaas Hospital, Nesodden
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Jan Erik MadsenDepartment of Orthopaedics, Division of Surgery and Clinical Neuroscience, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevaal;Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway.
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Olav RøiseDepartment of Orthopaedics, Division of Surgery and Clinical Neuroscience, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevaal;Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway.
Pages 408-414 | Received 15 Nov 2013, Accepted 07 Jan 2014, Published online: 03 Apr 2014

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