Background: Hip fracture is a common injury, with an incidence rate of> 250,000 per year in
the United States. Diagnosis is particularly important due to the high dependence on the …

Background The overall rate of hip fractures not identified on radiographs but that require
surgery (ie, surgical hip fractures) remains unclear in elderly patients who are suspected to …

How neural representations of low-level visual information are accessed by higher-order
processes to inform decisions and give rise to conscious experience is a longstanding …

Aim. At present there is no data looking at modern multislice computerised tomography (CT)
in the investigation of occult hip fracture. The aim of this study was to retrospectively …

Objectives Patients presenting with hip pain but normal plain radiographs may ultimately be
shown on further investigation to have suffered an occult hip fracture (OHF). This diagnosis …

Non-displaced hip fractures can be difficult to diagnose on plain film radiographs. When
there is ongoing clinical suspicion of an occult fracture, further imaging is obtained. We …

Background Occult hip fractures are often difficult to identify in busy trauma units. We aimed
to present our institutions experience in the diagnosis and treatment of occult fractures …

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to assess the diagnostic performance of CT for
detection of occult proximal femoral fracture. MATERIALS AND METHODS. A systematic …

Background Computed tomography (CT) for evaluation of occult and suspect hip fractures
has been proposed as a good second-line investigation. The diagnostic precision compared …

A delay in establishing the diagnosis of an occult fracture of the hip that remains
unrecognised after plain radiography can result in more complex treatment such as an …