Robert J Ward, Barbara N Weissman, Mark J Kransdorf, Ronald Adler, Marc Appel, Laura W Bancroft, Stephanie A Bernard, Michael A Bruno, Ian Blair Fries, William B Morrison, Timothy J Mosher, Catherine C Roberts, Stephen C Scharf, Michael J Tuite, Adam C Zoga
Substantial cost, morbidity, and mortality are associated with acute proximal femoral fracture and may be reduced through an optimized diagnostic imaging workup. Radiography represents the primary diagnostic test of choice for the evaluation of acute hip pain. In middle aged and elderly patients with negative radiographs, the evidence indicates MRI to be the next diagnostic imaging study to exclude a proximal femoral fracture. CT, because of its relative decreased sensitivity, is only indicated in patients with MRI contraindications...
February 2014: Journal of the American College of Radiology: JACR