sacral fracture

Etiology

• trauma
• sacral insufficiency fracture

Clinical manifestations

• pain worsened with weight-bearing

Radiology

• X-ray of lumbosacral spine & pelvis

Management

• sacroplasty reduces low back pain & buttock pain due to sacral insufficiency fractures

More general terms

• vertebral fracture; spine fracture

More specific terms

• sacral insufficiency fracture; osteoporotic sacral fracture