TY - JOUR JF - intjmi JO - Int J Med Invest VL - 2 IS - 3 PY - 2013 Y1 - 2013/9/01 TI - ISOLATED TRANSVERSE SACRUM FRACTURE TT - N2 - Sacral fractures are usually occurs following high-energy trauma. Most fractures of the sacrum are occur in women after age 70 years. Fractures of the sacrum are rare and generally combined with a concomitant pelvic fracture. Transverse sacral fractures are even less frequent which constitute only 3–5% of all sacral fractures. This type of fractures provide a diagnostic challenge. We report an isolated transverse fracture of sacrum in a young man sustained low-energy trauma. The patient presented to our emergency department after several hours of injury, and diagnosed by clinical features and radiography findings SP - 0 EP - 0 AU - Kavalci, Cemil AU - Narci, Huseyin AD - MD, Associate Professor Department of Emergency Medicine, Baskent University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. KW - Emergency KW - sacrum fracture KW - trauma UR - http://intjmi.com/article-1-41-en.html ER -