Computerized axial tomography to demonstrate occult fractures of the acetabulum in children
Harder, J.A.; Bobechko, W.P.; Sullivan, R.; Daneman, A.
Canadian Journal of Surgery. Journal Canadien de Chirurgie 24(4): 409-411
1981
ISSN/ISBN: 0008-428X PMID: 7272858 Document Number: 170317
Following hip trauma in children an intra-articular osteocartilaginous fragment may be retained within the hip joint. This fragment may not be visualized by plain films or arthrography. However, computerized tomography clearly demonstrated such fragments in the two children with post-traumatic painful hips reported in this paper.